1. Kill en massé; kill on a large scale; kill many
   "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
   - kill off 
2. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
   - uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out

Derived forms: exterminated, exterminating, exterminates

See also: exterminator

Type of: destroy, destruct, kill, spifflicate, spiflicate

Encyclopedia: Exterminate

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