exterminate
Meaning of exterminate
- destroy completely.
after exterminating the entire population, the soldiers set fire to the buildings
late Middle English (in the sense ‘drive out’): from Latin exterminat- ‘driven out’, from the verb exterminare, from ex- ‘out’ + terminus ‘boundary’. The sense ‘destroy’ (mid 16th century) comes from the Latin of the Vulgate.
Information about exterminate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of exterminate is: exterminates.
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Hyphenation of exterminate
ex-ter-mi-nate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- exterminate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
exterminate synonyms
Meaning uproot:
Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
Meaning kill:
Meaning kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers:
Meaning kill (a person or people) indiscriminately or brutally:
Meaning deliberately and brutally kill (many people):
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning completely remove or get rid of (something):
Meaning destroy utterly; obliterate:
Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
Meaning murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons:
Meaning put (a plan, order, or course of action) into effect:
Meaning exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than:
Meaning rub out or remove (writing or marks):
Meaning (of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound:
Meaning cheat (someone) out of something, especially money:
Meaning destroy or obliterate:
Meaning decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing:
Meaning leave:
Meaning kill or severely injure (someone):
Meaning strike forcefully with a sharp blow:
Meaning emit smoke or visible vapour:
Meaning handle roughly; beat up:
Meaning kill (a person or animal) in a violent way:
Translation of exterminate
- German: vernichten, ausrotten, ausmerzen, vertilgen, dezimieren, eliminieren, auslöschen
- Spanish: erradicar, exterminar, aniquilar, eliminar, extinguir, diezmar
- Portuguese: erradicar
- French: éradiquer, exterminer
- Italian: eradicare, sterminare, annientare, decimare, distruggere
Anagrams of exterminate
Words that rhyme with exterminate
Nate, Alphanate, Banate, Bromanate, Depanate, Italianate, Lomanate, Plasmanate, Thiophanate, acetylglucopyranosylisothiocyanate, acetylphenylisothiocyanate, acetyltryptophanate, adamantylisocyanate, aldermanate, allophanate, alloxanate, allylisothiocyanate, allylthiocyanate, aminobenzylpenicilianate, aminoethylthiocyanate, aminopenicillanate, amoscanate, anate, applanate, azidophenylisothiocyanate, banate, benzoylisothiocyanate, benzylisothiocyanate, benzylthiocyanate, biphenyldiisocyanate, biphenylisothiocyanate, bisthiocyanate, bitoscanate, bromoallylisothiocyanate, bromoallylthiocyanate, bromobenzylisothiocyanate, bromopenicillanate, bromophenylisocyanate, bromophenylisothiocyanate, butenylisothiocyanate, butylcyanate, butylisothiocyanate, calpanate, cephalosporanate, chlorobenzylthiocyanate, chloroethylisocyanate, chloromethylthiocyanate, chlorophenylisothiocyanate, chlorophenylthiocyanate, chlorosulfonylisocyanate