exterminate
to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.
Origin of exterminate
1Other words for exterminate
Other words from exterminate
- ex·ter·mi·na·ble [ik-stur-muh-nuh-buhl], /ɪkˈstɜr mə nə bəl/, adjective
- ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
- non·ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
- self-ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
- un·ex·ter·mi·na·ble, adjective
- un·ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, adjective
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How to use exterminate in a sentence
Many of these scientists are fighting the very genetic diseases threatening to exterminate numbats.
How the Newly Decoded Numbat Genome Could Help Bring the Tasmanian Tiger Back From Extinction | Parwinder Kaur | February 20, 2022 | Singularity HubHis big winning idea was to exterminate poverty for 3 million elderly people in Korea by publishing an interactive research paper to influence Korean pension reform.
Fingers crossed that one of those over-the-air updates exterminates this bug without introducing something worse.
Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is an important leap into the future | Dan Carney | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI should have voted for at least three presidential candidates at this point in my life, but that possibility where I come from was exterminated like a deadly pandemic.
My vote on behalf of those who are excluded | Yariel Valdés González | October 27, 2020 | Washington BladeStamets’ other mushroom nostrums include dissolving petroleum waste, exterminating unwanted insects, and creating vaccines that can eradicate viruses.
How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment - Issue 90: Something Green | Mark MacNamara | September 30, 2020 | Nautilus
Next was World War II: machine enabled Hitler, who in turn attempted to exterminate an entire people.
Riegner warned the Allies that Berlin had a plan to exterminate all Jews in countries occupied or controlled by Germany.
I think your efforts also may rival that of Germany's Adolf Hitler in his attempt to exterminate an entire race of people.
“We expect the regime to try to exterminate us all,” he said.
Syrians Flee to Lebanon as Regime Forces Finish ‘Cleaning’ Operation | Katie Paul | March 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite having the nickname “the exterminator,” DeLay did not try to exterminate wasteful spending when in power.
There was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.
From the very first of the war their work was to help exterminate the guerrilla bands which infested the State.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe regular troops, the constabulary, and other armed forces combined were unable to exterminate brigandage.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanYou like to divide yourselves into nations, to trick yourselves out in national costumes, and to exterminate each other to music!
Urania | Camille FlammarionShepherds have entered into a conspiracy to exterminate the wolves.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon | Newell Dwight Hillis
British Dictionary definitions for exterminate
/ (ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt) /
(tr) to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate
Origin of exterminate
1Derived forms of exterminate
- exterminable, adjective
- extermination, noun
- exterminative or exterminatory, adjective
- exterminator, noun
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