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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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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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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 | |
| —n | |
| ex'terminative | |
| —adj | |
| ex'terminatory | |
| —adj | |
| ex'terminator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
exterminate
1540s, 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." Related: Exterminated; exterminating; exterminator.
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