exterminate

English

WOTD – 30 November 2014

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō, itself from ex- + terminō (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɪkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɛkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

1. (transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.

   The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

Synonyms

• (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot
• (to bring an end to): stamp out
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Derived terms

Derived terms

• extermination
• exterminative

• exterminator
• exterminatory

Related terms

• terminate
• termination
• terminator

Translations

to kill all of a population

• Bulgarian: изтребвам (bg) (iztrebvam)
• Catalan: exterminar (ca)
• Czech: vyhladit, vyhubit
• Danish: udrydde
• Dutch: uitroeien (nl), verdelgen (nl)
• French: exterminer (fr)
• German: ausrotten (de)
• Greek: εξολοθρεύω (el) (exolothrévo)
• Hebrew: חיסל
• Italian: sterminare (it)
• Ladino: eksterminar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: haepapa, hoepapa, whakamōtī, tipihauraro
• Persian: ریشه‌کن کردن (riše-kan kardan)
• Portuguese: exterminar (pt), erradicar (pt)
• Romanian: exterminare (ro) f
• Russian: истребля́ть (ru) impf (istrebljátʹ), истреби́ть (ru) pf (istrebítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: истребити, istrebiti (sh)
• Spanish: exterminar (es)
• Turkish: kökünü kurutmak
• Ukrainian: вини́щувати (vynýščuvaty), виво́дити (vyvódyty) (pests, parasites)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטיליקן (fartilikn)

to bring a definite end to, finish completely

• Bulgarian: унищожавам (bg) (uništožavam)
• Catalan: exterminar (ca)
• Dutch: afmaken (nl), beëindigen (nl), uitroeien (nl)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ladino: eksterminar
• Portuguese: exterminar (pt), aniquilar (pt)
• Russian: уничтожа́ть (ru) impf (uničtožátʹ), уничто́жить (ru) pf (uničtóžitʹ)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטיליקן (fartilikn)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} exterminer (fr), ^{(please verify)} anéantir (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ^{(please verify)} ausrotten (de)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) extermināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exterminō