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 | ||