† exterminev.
Obsolete.
1. = exterminate v. 1. Const. from, out of.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away
feezec890
adriveeOE
aflemeeOE
off-driveeOE
flemeOE
withdrivec1000
adreveOE
to drive outOE
biwevea1300
chasec1300
void13..
catcha1325
firk1340
enchasec1380
huntc1385
to catch awayc1390
forcatch1393
to put offa1398
to cast awaya1400
to put outc1400
repel?a1439
exterminate1541
chasten1548
propulse1548
keir1562
hie1563
depulse1570
band1580
bandy1591
flit1595
ferret1601
profugate1603
extermine1634
1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. H2 Thou had'st extermin'd Thy selfe out of the blest society Of Saints and Angels.
1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 42 This word..was absolutely extermin'd and excommunicated from all grammaticall construction.
2. = exterminate v. 2, 3.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence > a person, family, or race
extermine1539
extinct1545
extirp1547
extirpate1587
extinguish1593
exterminate1649
1539 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 172 By fyer & sworde to extermyn & vtterly to destroy the hole nacion.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 257/2 Roger bishop of Salesbury..was..miserably (but iustly) extermined.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 90 Your sorrow, and my griefe Were both extermin'd . View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 331 To extermine their power.
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