1
[ verb ] kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

Synonyms

kill_off

Examples

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

Used in print

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

And_then Eichmann was quoted as saying , in non English , that Hitler 's plan to exterminate the Jews was nonsense '' .

Related terms

kill exterminator

2
[ verb ] destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Synonyms

extirpate eradicate uproot

Examples

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

Related terms

destroy deracination destroyer

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Rhymes with

determinate terminate germinate urinate emanate disseminate geminate inseminate contaminate decontaminate impersonate nominate dominate laminate predominate eliminate incriminate discriminate denominate fulminate oxygenate marinate detonate resonate hydrogenate alienate procrastinate originate rejuvenate fascinate latinate pollinate chlorinate isocyanate cross-pollinate concatenate assassinate hyphenate designate extortionate subordinate coordinate insubordinate carbonate ruminate magnate hallucinate alternate stagnate vaccinate culminate designate hibernate agglutinate donate khanate reincarnate incarnate innate ornate recriminate

Phonetic and Homophones

IH0 K S T ER1 M AH0 N EY2 T

Similar Spelling

exterminated exterminator exterminable extermination exteriorize exteriorise exothermic external exterior exoteric externalize externalise external_ear

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