exterminate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + terminō (“to finish, close, end”), from terminus (“limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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