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EXTERMINATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does exterminate mean?

• EXTERMINATE (verb)
The verb EXTERMINATE has 2 senses:

1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Familiarity information: EXTERMINATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXTERMINATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

exterminate; kill off

Context example:

Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe

Hypernyms (to "exterminate" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to exterminate the prisoners

Sense 2

exterminate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

extirpate; eradicate; exterminate; root out; uproot

Context examples:

the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted / root out corruption

Hypernyms (to "exterminate" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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