- 1. v. t. To drive out or away; to expel. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To eliminate, as unknown quantities. Source: opted
- 4. v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many Source: wordnet
- 5. v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. To drive out or away; to expel. They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion. Barrow. 2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice. To explode and exterminate rank atheism. Bentley. 3. (Math.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.] Source: webster
- 7. To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.] Source: adambom
- 8. v:100 v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many Source: ecdict
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