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exterminate

/ exterminate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
Type of:
kill
Derived:
exterminator terminator eradicator
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
Type of:
destroy destruct
Derived:
extirpation excision deracination eradication obliteration
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
34%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
11
Times Searched
1
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