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exterminate

verb

1 exterminate

Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many:
— Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe.

synonym: kill off.

2 exterminate

Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.

synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, root out, uproot.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Dutch: ontwortelen, uitgeroeid, ontworteld, verdelgen


Moby thesaurus: abate, abolish, annihilate, bereave of life, blot out, bump off, butcher, carry away, carry off, cast off, chloroform, cut down, cut off, cut out, deprive of life, deracinate, destroy, dispatch, dispel, dispose of ... show more.

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