EXTERMINATED

annihilated, exterminated, wiped out

(adjective) destroyed completely

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

exterminated

simple past tense and past participle of exterminate

Source: Wiktionary


EXTERMINATE

Ex*ter"mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exterminated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Exterminating().] Etym: [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.]

1. To drive out or away; to expel. They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion. Barrow.

2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice. To explode and exterminate rank atheism. Bentley.

3. (Math.)

Definition: To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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