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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.

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/ɪkstɜ͟ː(r)mɪneɪt/
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[VERB 动词]消灭;灭绝;根除 To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
  [V n]
  • 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 ; NAmE ɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt / verb exterminatesb/sth to kill all the members of a group of people or animals 灭绝;根除;消灭;毁灭 SYN wipe out ▶ ex·ter·min·ation extermination exterminations / ɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn ; NAmE ɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn / noun [uncountable ] exterminate exterminates exterminated exterminating ex·ter·min·ate / ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt ; NAmE ɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt / ex·ter·min·ation / ɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn ; NAmE ɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn /
LDC
exterminateex‧ter‧mi‧nate /ɪkˈstɜːməneɪt $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
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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
kill
—exterminator noun [countable]—extermination /ɪkˌstɜːməˈneɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]:  the extermination of the indigenous peoples
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exterminate

[ɪkˈstɜ:mɪneɪt]exterminated, exterminating, exterminates

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exterminated[887] exterminating[321]
消灭(71%),扑灭(17%),根绝(12%)
vt.消灭;根除

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