as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison
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Recent Examples of exterminate
The program has received backing from animal rights groups including PETA, who refer to it as a more humane solution than outright seeking to exterminate New York's entire rodent population.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The idea of the government and scientists saving us from giant insects no longer resonated with an audience growing increasingly aware of the larger perils of trying to exterminate them.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Anderson tells the long, sorry story of the Texan project to exterminate or expel virtually all Indigenous tribes from their republic, then their state.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 8 July 2024
They can be told that Ukrainians are really Russians who want to be invaded and also Nazi satanists who must be exterminated.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The idea of the government and scientists saving us from giant insects no longer resonated with an audience growing increasingly aware of the larger perils of trying to exterminate them.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Anderson tells the long, sorry story of the Texan project to exterminate or expel virtually all Indigenous tribes from their republic, then their state.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 8 July 2024
They can be told that Ukrainians are really Russians who want to be invaded and also Nazi satanists who must be exterminated.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterminate
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Israel then vowed to eradicate Hamas and have since devastated the Palestinian territory.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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How The Decline In Cases Was Achieved The key to eradicating Guinea worm is providing access to clean water without the crustaceans.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Nearby Altadena, a historically largely Black neighborhood, has essentially been erased from the map.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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About a quarter century after slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico (1873), another Afro-Puerto Rican genre emerged known as the plena.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump said in December that the debt ceiling should be abolished, a position shared by some liberal lawmakers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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In turn, Jod destroyed the Supervisor, shutting down the safety droids and causing a blackout in the city.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Some 12,000 structures — buildings and cars — have been destroyed so far, and with them many tons of property of all levels of sentimental meaning.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Exterminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterminate. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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