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ex·ter·mi·nate 
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Audio Help [ik-stur-muh-neyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
| to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects. |
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ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
—Synonyms eradicate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate.
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tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate. See Synonyms at abolish. [Latin extermināre, extermināt-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + termināre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).] ex·ter'mi·na'tion n., ex·ter'mi·na'tive, ex·ter'mi·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj. |
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