EXTERMINATE

exterminate

Verb

  1. To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
    We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
  2. To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.
    Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.


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