[ik-stur-muh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] 
| serving or tending to exterminate. |
| 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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