adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Capable of being exterminated.

   "The House Sparrow is no longer exterminable, but he may be, must be kept within bounds."

Adjective

1. 1
   capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

eradicableexterminatableexterminatableextirpable

Example

More examples

"The House Sparrow is no longer exterminable, but he may be, must be kept within bounds."

Etymology

From Latin exterminabilis (“that may be destroyed”).

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