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ex·ter·mi·nate

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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 -ate¹

]

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ex·ter·mi·na·ble

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ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun

—Synonyms eradicate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate.

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ex·ter·mi·nate Audio Help (ĭk-stûr'mə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
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
noun
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.]

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