exterminate 音标拼音: [ɪkst'ɚmən
, et]
vt . 扑灭,消灭,根绝
扑灭,消灭,根绝
exterminate v 1 :
kill en masse ;
kill on a large scale ;
kill many ; "
Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews ,
Gypsies ,
Communists ,
and homosexuals of Europe " [
synonym : {
exterminate }, {
kill off }]
2 :
destroy completely ,
as if down to the roots ; "
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted " "
root out corruption "
[
synonym : {
uproot }, {
eradicate }, {
extirpate }, {
root out },
{
exterminate }]
Exterminate \
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t . [
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{
Exterminated };
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pr . &
vb .
n . {
Exterminating }.] [
L .
exterminatus ,
p .
p .
of exterminare to abolish ,
destroy ,
drive out or away ;
ex out terminus boundary ,
limit .
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Term }.]
1 .
To drive out or away ;
to expel .
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They deposed ,
exterminated ,
and deprived him of communion . --
Barrow .
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2 .
To destroy utterly ;
to cut off ;
to extirpate ;
to annihilate ;
to root out ;
as ,
to exterminate a colony ,
a tribe ,
or a nation ;
to exterminate error or vice .
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To explode and exterminate rank atheism . --
Bentley .
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3 . (
Math .)
To eliminate ,
as unknown quantities . [
R .]
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "
exterminate ":
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 ,
do away with ,
do for ,
do to death ,
eliminate ,
end ,
eradicate ,
execute ,
extinguish ,
extirpate ,
finish ,
finish off ,
fling off ,
get rid of ,
immolate ,
kill ,
launch into eternity ,
liquidate ,
lynch ,
make away with ,
martyr ,
martyrize ,
massacre ,
murder ,
obliterate ,
poison ,
purge ,
put away ,
put down ,
put to death ,
put to sleep ,
remove ,
remove from life ,
root out ,
root up ,
rub out ,
sacrifice ,
shake off ,
shoo ,
slaughter ,
slay ,
stamp out ,
starve ,
sweep away ,
take life ,
take off ,
terminate ,
throw away ,
throw off ,
uproot ,
waste ,
weed out ,
wipe out
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