Exterminate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate. See Synonyms at abolish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
  • v. (transitive) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To drive out or away; to expel.
  • v. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out
  • v. To eliminate, as unknown quantities.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drive beyond the limits or borders; drive away; expel.
  • To bring to an end; destroy utterly; root out; extirpate.
  • In algebra, to take away; eliminate: as, to exterminate surds or unknown quantities.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
  • v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill    destroy    destruct   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    extirpate    annihilate    abolish    destroy    extermine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound