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exterminate

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Verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption

kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
- Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe

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Synonyms:
uproot eradicate extirpate root out kill off

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "exterminate":
exterminated exterminate
Words contain "exterminate":
exterminate exterminated
Words contain "exterminate" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
exterminate kill off

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