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məˌneɪt verb (used with object), ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing.
to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate | |
| [C16: from Latin extermināre to drive away, from terminus boundary] | |
| ex'terminable | |
| —adj | |
| extermi'nation | |
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| ex'terminative | |
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| ex'terminatory | |
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| ex'terminator | |
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| exterminate (ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate | |
| [C16: from Latin extermināre to drive away, from terminus boundary] | |
| ex'terminable | |
| —adj | |
| extermi'nation | |
| —n | |
| ex'terminative | |
| —adj | |
| ex'terminatory | |
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| ex'terminator | |
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Example sentences
We do not offer extermination services in people's houses for mice.
Those who have might find this extermination approach,feasible and effective.
Some local scoundrel had called the animal extermination league or something, and they vanished.
The answer simply will not be in extermination or trying to ignore the pleas for help from developing nations.
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