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adjective

Definition of exterminatednext
as in extirpated

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exterminated

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verb

past tense of exterminate
as in eradicated
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 Synonyms for exterminated
  1. eradicated
  2. erased
  3. destroyed
  4. abolished
  5. wiped out
  6. mangled
Verb
  • The booking was worthwhile to remove any possibility of parity being eradicated.
    Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Remember, this disease was eradicated and if children were up-to-date on vaccinations, there likely would be zero outbreaks across America.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of eradicated
Verb
  • This team looked great through Week 15, but then quarterback Jalen Hurts got knocked out of Sunday’s game with a concussion and the Commanders erased a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Arizona erased Santa Claus from the official state map in 1991, and the Christmas Tree Inn closed two years later.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of erased
Verb
  • Daley wasn’t interested, knowing that in certain white neighborhoods, those signs would be defaced or destroyed.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Almost all of Gaza’s other schools are either shuttered, destroyed or have been converted into shelters for the displaced.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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  • Currently, 27 states still use the death penalty, while 23 states have abolished it and five states are holding executions based on gubernatorial action, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Since then, though, Xi has abolished Presidential term limits, decimated civil society, and intensified clampdowns on free expression.
    Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of abolished
Adjective
  • But in the last few years, an explosion of warehouse development has wiped out farmland and open space.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Tens of billions of dollars in value has been wiped out, including during the days when the company was soliciting bids for its offering, the largest of its kind in India.
    Alex Travelli, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
Definition of wiped out
Adjective
  • On the snowy sidewalk of a drab residential street in Moscow, blood, soot and the mangled remnants of an electric scooter marked the spot where a top Russian general was assassinated — and signaled a potentially dangerous new phase of the war in Ukraine.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The mangled front part of the car is wrapped around the tree while the back half is on the road about 30 feet away.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of mangled
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