Synonyms for exterminate
ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪtex·ter·mi·nate

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1. exterminateverb

   Synonyms:
   extermine, annihilate, uproot, eradicate

2. exterminateverb

   To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, extermine, annihilate, uproot

3. exterminateverb

   To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.

   Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy

   Synonyms:
   extermine, uproot, annihilate, eradicate

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1. exterminate

   Exterminate (Latin ex, out, and terminus, a boundary) signified primarily to drive beyond the bounds or limits of a country; the word is applied to races of men or animals, and is now almost exclusively used for removal by death; individuals are now said to be banished or expelled. Eradicate (Latin e, out, and radix, root) is primarily applied to numbers or groups of plants which it is desired to remove effectually from the soil; a single tree may be uprooted, but is not said to be eradicated; we labor to eradicate or root out noxious weeds. To extirpate (Latin ex, out, and stirps, stem, stock) is not only to destroy the individuals of any race of plants or animals, but the very stock, so that the race can never be restored; we speak of eradicating a disease, of extirpating a cancer, exterminating wild beasts or hostile tribes; we seek to eradicate or extirpate all vices and evils. Compare ABOLISH.

   Synonyms:
   annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, uproot, wipe out

   Antonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle

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1. exterminate, kill offverb

   kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

   "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, kill off, root out, extirpate, uproot

2. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb

   destroy completely, as if down to the roots

   "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, kill off, annihilate, deracinate, eliminate, uproot, decimate, root out, wipe out, extinguish, eradicate, carry off

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1. exterminateverb

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, eradicate, uproot, annihilate, destroy, abolish, root out, put an end to

2. exterminateverb

   Synonyms:
   (Math.) eliminate

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1. exterminateverb

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, extirpate, uproot

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1. List of paraphrases for "exterminate":

   extermlnate, annihilate, slay

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1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here.'.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Adolf Hitler didn't want to exterminate The Jews at the time, Adolf Hitler wanted to expel the The Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Adolf Hitler and said,' If you expel them, they'll all come here.'.

3. The Israeli leader:

   The mufti was instrumental in the decision to exterminate the Jews of Europe.

4. Sairagul Sautbay:

   I saw all the horrors there, in order to exterminate the Kazakh, Uyghur, Kyrgyz, and other indigenous peoples of East Turkestan [sic], who had lived in their homeland since the time of their ancestors, the CCP imprisoned men and women, young and old, from all walks of life.

5. Nicolas Sarkozy:

   We need everyone's help to exterminate Daesh (Islamic State), notably the Russians. There cannot be two coalitions in Syria.