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exterminate
verb [T] /ɪkˈstɜː.mɪ.neɪt/
/-ˈstɝː-/ Definition
› to kill all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type: Once cockroaches get into a building, it's very difficult to exterminate them. Millions of Jewish people were exterminated in concentration camps in the Second World War.KillingMurder and attempted murder extermination
/ɪkˌstɜː.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
/-ˌstɝː-/ noun [U] › International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale (= all of them being killed).KillingMurder and attempted murder exterminator
/-neɪ.tər/
/-neɪ.t̬ɚ/ noun [C] KillingMurder and attempted murder
/-ˌstɝː-/ noun [U] › International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale (= all of them being killed).KillingMurder and attempted murder exterminator
/-neɪ.tər/
/-neɪ.t̬ɚ/ noun [C] KillingMurder and attempted murder (Definition of exterminate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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