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ex⋅ter⋅mi⋅nate

  [ik-stur-muh-neyt]
–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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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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ex·ter·mi·nate   (ĭk-stûr'mə-nāt')   
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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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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