exterminate

Definition of Exterminate in English :

1. exterminate, kill off

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

Example Sentences:
'Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe'

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example Sentences:
'the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted'
'root out corruption'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Exterminate

verb

(transitive)

to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate

verb transitiveWord forms: exˈtermiˌnated or exˈtermiˌnating

to destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing; wipe out; annihilate

tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates

To get rid of by destroying completely: exterminated the termites that were weakening the wall. See Synonyms at annihilate.