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
By the 1950s they were nearly exterminated on the continent.
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Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Settlers, private militias and the U.S. troops carried out massacres across California, with the intent of exterminating the Native population.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
On the opposing side is a contingent of A.I. engineers who believe that their creations may soon become powerful enough to exterminate most of humanity.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
His parents came from Salonika, Greece, where ninety per cent of the Jewish population was deported and exterminated.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Settlers, private militias and the U.S. troops carried out massacres across California, with the intent of exterminating the Native population.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
On the opposing side is a contingent of A.I. engineers who believe that their creations may soon become powerful enough to exterminate most of humanity.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
His parents came from Salonika, Greece, where ninety per cent of the Jewish population was deported and exterminated.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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On this day in 1979: Scientists declared that smallpox had been eradicated about a dozen years after the World Health Organization intensified its vaccination push and prior requirements in many countries in the Americas and Europe.Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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In the 1950s, an ambitious international campaign was launched to eradicate the insect in the north and center of the continent.Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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One dud doesn’t erase the good performances Young has put on tape over the past month.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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All 39 who were pardoned, including Good Nelson, will have their convictions erased from their records.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
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Kash Patel vows to abolish the ‘deep state’; Trump’s FBI pick thrills MAGA base Robby Soave and Steven Olikara weigh in on Donald Trump’s nominee to spearhead the FBI, Kash Patel.The Hill, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rankin believed that without a widespread moral awakening, the prospect was slim that slavery could be abolished.TIME, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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Al Shahabi also asked on Facebook where the recordings of surveillance cameras at regime security branches had gone, why some documents had been destroyed and why human rights groups had not done more to protect records.Raja Razek, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Shacks and buildings were left completely destroyed when the cyclone struck the nation hampered by poverty.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Exterminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterminate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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