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English verb: exterminate | |||
| 1. | exterminate (contact) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | ||
| Samples | Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe. | ||
| Examples | They want to exterminate the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | kill off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 2. | exterminate (creation) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||
| Samples | The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted. Root out corruption. | ||
| Synonyms | eradicate, extirpate, root out, uproot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
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