exterminate

tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.
To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate. See synonyms at abolish.

[Latin extermināre, extermināt-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + termināre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).]

extermination ex·ter'mi·na'tion n.
exterminative ex·ter'mi·na'tive or ex·ter'mi·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, extinguish, extirpate, kill¹, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root¹ (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.

v

Definition: kill
Antonyms: bear, create

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Mass killing of animals or other pests. Implies complete destruction of the species or other group.

IN BRIEF: To kill or destroy completely.

We wanted to exterminate all of the rats because they carry many diseases.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilintetgøre, udrydde

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitroeien, verdelgen

Français (French)
v. tr. - exterminer, anéantir (une race), éradiquer (une maladie), abolir (des idées)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausrotten, vertilgen, vernichten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξολοθρεύω, εξοντώνω, αφανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
sterminare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - exterminar, destruir, eliminar

Русский (Russian)
уничтожать, истреблять, искоренять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exterminar, erradicar, extirpar, aniquilar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utrota, tillintentgöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
根除, 灭绝, 消灭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 根除, 滅絕, 消滅

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 근절시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 絶滅する, 根絶する, 駆除する, 撲滅する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبيد, يفني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חיסל, השמיד‬

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