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Exterminate

//ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally. transitive

    "We'll use poison to exterminate the rats."

  2. 2
    kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring a definite end to; to finish completely. figuratively, transitive

    "The public school failed to exterminate truancy."

  4. 4
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + terminō (“to finish, close, end”), from terminus (“limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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