exterminate
(verb)
verb
1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
- Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe
Definition categories: contact, kill
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Similar word(s): eradicate, extirpate, uproot
Definition categories: creation, destroy, destruct
Sentences with exterminate as a verb:
- We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
- Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.