Associations to the word «Exterminate»
Noun
- Yuan
- Willingness
- Saxon
- Marius
- Regime
- Inmate
- Hatred
- Pole
- Brennan
- Riga
- Intention
- Han
- Wolf
- Communism
- Nation
- Attempt
- Evacuation
- Camp
- Moose
- Civilization
- Earth
- Evil
- Dinosaur
- Beast
- Killing
- Hunter
- Empire
- Countryman
- Persian
- Cambodia
- Wretch
- Mercenary
- Thug
- Population
- Descendant
- Famine
- Concentration
- Vietnamese
- Dissent
- Steed
- Slayer
- Elk
- Tyrant
- Vampire
- Stronghold
- Nationalist
- Kill
- Epidemic
- Mauritius
- Crusader
- Comrade
- Torture
- Insect
- European
- Thousand
- Edict
- Vengeance
- Remnant
- Ally
- Rabbit
- Wan
- Masse
Adjective
Wiktionary
EXTERMINATE, verb. (transitive) To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
EXTERMINATE, verb. (figuratively) (transitive) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.
Dictionary definition
EXTERMINATE, verb. Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe".
EXTERMINATE, verb. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.