"exterminate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/ [UK], /ɪkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/ [UK], /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/ [US], /ɛkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-exterminate.ogg [US] Forms: exterminates [present, singular, third-person], exterminating [participle, present], exterminated [participle, past], exterminated [past]
Etymology: From Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō, itself from ex- + terminō (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|exterminātus}} Latin exterminātus, {{m|la|exterminō}} exterminō, {{m|la|ex-}} ex-, {{m|la|terminō||I finish, close, end}} terminō (“I finish, close, end”), {{m|la|terminus||limit, end}} terminus (“limit, end”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)
  1. (transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot Translations (to kill all of a population): ҡырыу (qırıw) (Bashkir), изтребвам (iztrebvam) (Bulgarian), exterminar (Catalan), 滅絕 (Chinese Mandarin), 灭绝 (mièjué) (Chinese Mandarin), vyhladit (Czech), vyhubit (Czech), udrydde (Danish), uitroeien (Dutch), verdelgen (Dutch), exterminer (French), ausrotten (German), εξολοθρεύω (exolothrévo) (Greek), εξοντώνω (exontóno) (Greek), חיסל (Hebrew), sterminare (Italian), eksterminar (Ladino), haepapa (Maori), hoepapa (Maori), whakamōtī (Maori), tipihauraro (Maori), ریشهکن کردن (riše-kan kardan) (Persian), exterminar (Portuguese), erradicar (Portuguese), exterminare [feminine] (Romanian), истребля́ть (istrebljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), истреби́ть (istrebítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), истребити (Serbo-Croatian), istrebiti (Serbo-Croatian), exterminar (Spanish), kökünü kurutmak (Turkish), вини́щувати (vynýščuvaty) (Ukrainian), виво́дити (vyvódyty) (english: pests, parasites) (Ukrainian), פֿאַרטיליקן (fartilikn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-exterminate-en-verb-hlr2faEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'to kill all': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'to kill all of a population': 98 2
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms (to bring an end to): stamp out Translations (to bring a definite end to, finish completely): унищожавам (uništožavam) (Bulgarian), exterminar (Catalan), لەناوبردن (lenawbirdin) (Central Kurdish), afmaken (Dutch), beëindigen (Dutch), uitroeien (Dutch), επιτυγχάνω (epityncháno) (Greek), eksterminar (Ladino), exterminar (Portuguese), aniquilar (Portuguese), уничтожа́ть (uničtožátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), פֿאַרטיליקן (fartilikn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-exterminate-en-verb-n4DCJvvm Disambiguation of 'to bring an end to': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'to bring a definite end to, finish completely': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: extermination, exterminative, exterminator, exterminatory Related terms: terminate, termination, terminator

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "riše-kan kardan",
          "sense": "to kill all of a population",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to kill all of a population",
          "word": "kökünü kurutmak"
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          "roman": "vynýščuvaty",
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        {
          "text": "We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Geth Codex entry",
          "text": "The geth are a humanoid race of networked A.I.s. They were created by the quarians 300 years ago as tools of labor and war. When the geth showed signs of self-evolution, the quarians attempted to exterminate them. The geth won the resulting war. This example has led to legal, systematic repression of artificial intelligences in galactic society.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "pest",
          "pest"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The public school failed to exterminate truancy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring a definite end to; finish completely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-exterminate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to kill all",
      "word": "annihilate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to kill all",
      "word": "eradicate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to kill all",
      "word": "extermine"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to kill all",
      "word": "uproot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to bring an end to",
      "word": "stamp out"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qırıw",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "ҡырыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztrebvam",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "изтребвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "exterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "滅絕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mièjué",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "灭绝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "vyhladit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "vyhubit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "udrydde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "uitroeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "verdelgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "exterminer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "ausrotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exolothrévo",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "εξολοθρεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exontóno",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "εξοντώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "חיסל"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "sterminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "eksterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "haepapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "hoepapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "whakamōtī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "tipihauraro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "riše-kan kardan",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "ریشهکن کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "exterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "erradicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exterminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istrebljátʹ",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "истребля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istrebítʹ",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "истреби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "истребити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "istrebiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "exterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "kökünü kurutmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vynýščuvaty",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "вини́щувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "pests, parasites",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyvódyty",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "виво́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fartilikn",
      "sense": "to kill all of a population",
      "word": "פֿאַרטיליקן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uništožavam",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "унищожавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "exterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "afmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "beëindigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "uitroeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epityncháno",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "επιτυγχάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lenawbirdin",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "لەناوبردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "eksterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "exterminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtožátʹ",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничтожа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничто́жить"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fartilikn",
      "sense": "to bring a definite end to, finish completely",
      "word": "פֿאַרטיליקן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exterminate"
}

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