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exterminateexterminate /ɪkˈstɚməˌneɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYexterminateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of exterminare to drive out, from terminus edge VERB TABLEexterminate |
Present | I, you, we, they | exterminate | | he, she, it | exterminates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | exterminated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have exterminated | | he, she, it | has exterminated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had exterminated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will exterminate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have exterminated |
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Present | I | am exterminating | | he, she, it | is exterminating | | you, we, they | are exterminating | Past | I, he, she, it | was exterminating | | you, we, they | were exterminating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been exterminating | | he, she, it | has been exterminating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been exterminating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be exterminating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been exterminating |
THESAURUSmake somebody/something die► kill to make a person or living thing die: She was accused of killing her husband. You’ll kill your plants if you water them too much. ► murder to deliberately kill someone: He is accused of murdering four people. ► take somebody’s life to kill someone. Used to emphasize that life is important: All religions teach that it is wrong to take another person’s life. ► assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician: President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963. ► commit murder to murder someone. Used when you are not saying exactly who was murdered: What would make her want to commit murder? ► commit suicide to deliberately cause your own death: After killing the other people, he committed suicide. ► commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to: He was accused of committing manslaughter after driving too fast and hitting someone in a parking lot. ► execute somebody/put somebody to death to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: Members of the former government were executed for their crimes. ► slaughter/massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Troops came into the village and slaughtered hundreds of people. ► exterminate formal to kill all of a particular group of animals or people: They use poison to exterminate the insects. ► slay to kill someone violently. Used especially in newspapers: The family was slain in their homes. to kill large numbers of a particular group of people, animals, or insects of a particular type SYN eliminate: ranchers trying to exterminate prairie dogs► see thesaurus at kill1—extermination /ɪkˌstɚməˈneɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |