exterminar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- eradicate verb To destroy or get rid of something completely, especially a disease or problem.
- exterminate verb To destroy or kill off completely, especially a group of pests or people.
- slaughter noun The killing of animals for food.
Senses
exterminar is used for these senses in English:
- eradicate (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
- exterminate (transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
- exterminate (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.
- slaughter (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
- wipe out (transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.