Meaning & use
Exterminated
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Destroyed or killed a group of people, animals, or pests completely.
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The pest control company exterminated the termite colony in the basement.
The invasive species was exterminated from the island to protect native birds.
A note on using this word
Exterminate derives from Latin exterminare, literally 'to drive out beyond the boundary,' a meaning that later hardened into total destruction.
Words with a similar meaning
eradicatedeliminatedwiped out
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Words with an opposite meaning
preservedspared
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