"exterminate" meaning in English

See exterminate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/ [UK], /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-exterminate.ogg [US] Forms: exterminate [canonical], exterminates [third-person, singular], exterminated [past], exterminated [past, participle], exterminating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|exterminat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you exterminate pests, you kill all of the population of it intentionally.
    Sense id: simple-exterminate-en-verb-rcBhb5pa
  2. If you exterminate something, you bring it to a definite end to it.
    Sense id: simple-exterminate-en-verb-xWJACPRV
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