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Verb: exterminate  ik'stur-mu,neyt
  1. Kill or eliminate (a group or population) completely
    "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe";
    - kill off

Derived forms: exterminated, exterminates, exterminating

Type of: kill

Encyclopedia: Exterminate