Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
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Exterminate
/ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/
Synonyms for "exterminate" (99 found)
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Verb(4 words)
abateabolishannihilatebereave of lifeblot outbump offbutchercarry awaycarry offcast offchloroformcut downcut offcut outdecimate
Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesdisease eradicationinsect exterminationinvasive species removalpest control
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6 entriesexterminate antsexterminate pestsexterminate vermininsect exterminationpest controlvermin removal
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4 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Insecticides are agricultural chemicals that exterminate insects harmful to plants.
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There's a huge spider in the room! Quick, exterminate it!
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Globalization has gone mad: why transport Spanish cucumbers to exterminate the Northern Germans when half of them live in Mallorca? We need to rationalize all of that and adopt a more solid method of bacterial decontamination.
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