What is the meaning of exterminate?

verb

  • Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many.
    • usage: "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
  • Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
    • usage: "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
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