OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20484

exterminate

/ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
exterminar
To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
The geth are a humanoid race of networked A.I.s. They were created by the quarians 300 years ago as tools of labor and war. When the geth showed signs of self-evolution, the quaria…
We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
despalillar • exterminar
To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.
The public school failed to exterminate truancy.