exterminate
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(verb) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" |
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Synonyms: kill off |
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Related Words: kill |
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(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" |
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Synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, uproot |
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Related Words: destroy |
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