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exterminable

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ex⋅ter⋅mi⋅nate

  [ik-stur-muh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.
Origin:
1535–45; < L exterminātus, ptp. of extermināre to extermine; see -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅ter⋅mi⋅na⋅ble  [ik-stur-muh-nuh-buhl] , adjective
ex⋅ter⋅mi⋅na⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
eradicate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate.
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Word Origin & History

exterminate 
1541, from L. exterminare "drive out, expel," also, in L.L. "destroy," from phrase ex termine "beyond the boundary," from ex- "out of" + termine, abl. of termen "boundary, limit, end."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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