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exterminate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exterminate /ɪkˈstəːmɪneɪt, ɛk-/

▶verb destroy completely; eradicate.

– derivatives
extermination noun,
exterminator noun,
exterminatory /-nət(ə)ri/ adjective.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘drive out’): from L. exterminat-, exterminare, from ex- ‘out’ + terminus ‘boundary’.

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