EXTERMINATE
\ɛkstˈɜːmɪnˌe͡ɪt], \ɛkstˈɜːmɪnˌeɪt], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɜː_m_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of EXTERMINATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
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kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
By Princeton University
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
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kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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 eliminate, as unknown quantities.
By Oddity Software
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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 eliminate, as unknown quantities.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To drive from within the limits or borders of; to destroy utterly; to drive away; to extirpate; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate inhabitants or a race of men; "The Spaniards . . . resolved to exterminate the inhabitants."-Principal Robertson: to root out; to eradicate; to extirpate; to destroy the influence or prevalence of; as, to exterminate weeds; to exterminate error, heresy, or infidelity; to exterminate vice; "To explode and exterminate rank atheism out of this world."-Bent ley: in alg. to take away; to eliminate; as, to exterminate surds or unknown quantities.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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