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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| extermination | |
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| 1. | complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" [syn: extinction] |
| 2. | the act of exterminating |
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Extermination
Ex*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extermination.]1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field. 2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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