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exterminate
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verb (v)

  • kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe.
    Synonym:
    kill off
    source: wordnet30
  • destroy completely, as if down to the roots(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • To drive out or away; to expel.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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