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ex·ter·mi·nate
exterminate
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- pronunciation:
- ihk
stuhr
mih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
exterminates, exterminating, exterminated |
definition: |
to get rid of by totally destroying; eradicate; wipe out.
- synonyms:
- annihilate, eradicate, extirpate, obliterate, wipe out
- similar words:
- abolish, blot out, decimate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, end, extinguish, lay waste, level, liquidate, ravage
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related words: |
blast, butcher, efface, kill, massacre, obliterate, remove, wreck |
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derivations: |
exterminable (adj.), exterminative (adj.), exterminatory (adj.), extermination (n.) |
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