Exterminate Extermination People Animals Kill Verb Noun Group
This flashcard defines "exterminate" as a verb meaning to kill all members of a group of people or animals, leading to their extinction or eradication.
This flashcard defines "exterminate" as a verb meaning to kill all members of a group of people or animals, leading to their extinction or eradication.
[VERB 动词]消灭;灭绝;根除 To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
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A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...
灭鼠花了大力气。
They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war...
他们十分害怕自己会在持续的内战中被彻底消灭。
Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help.
人类正在导致过多物种灭绝,动物园也无济于事。
extermination
...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their countrymen.
他们几十万同胞的灭绝
Oxford
ex·ter·min·ate/ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt; NAmEɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt/verbexterminatesb/sth to kill all the members of a group of people or animals 灭绝;根除;消灭;毁灭SYNwipe out▶ex·ter·min·ationexterminationexterminations/ɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]exterminateexterminatesexterminatedexterminatingex·ter·min·ate/ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt; NAmEɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt/ex·ter·min·ation/ɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/
to kill large numbers of people or animals of a particular type so that they no longer exist: Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.► see thesaurus at
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—exterminator noun [countable]—extermination /ɪkˌstɜːməˈneɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the extermination of the indigenous peoples