'Exterminate' definitions:
Definition of 'exterminate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" [syn: exterminate, kill off]
verb
Definition of 'Exterminate'
From: GCIDE
- Exterminate \Ex*ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exterminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exterminating.] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.]
- 1. To drive out or away; to expel. [1913 Webster]
- They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To explode and exterminate rank atheism. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Math.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exterminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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