Antonyms for exterminate
ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪtex·ter·mi·nate

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1. exterminateverb

   Synonyms:
   extermine, annihilate, uproot, eradicate

2. exterminateverb

   To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, extermine, annihilate, uproot

3. exterminateverb

   To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.

   Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy

   Synonyms:
   extermine, uproot, annihilate, eradicate

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1. exterminate

   Exterminate (Latin ex, out, and terminus, a boundary) signified primarily to drive beyond the bounds or limits of a country; the word is applied to races of men or animals, and is now almost exclusively used for removal by death; individuals are now said to be banished or expelled. Eradicate (Latin e, out, and radix, root) is primarily applied to numbers or groups of plants which it is desired to remove effectually from the soil; a single tree may be uprooted, but is not said to be eradicated; we labor to eradicate or root out noxious weeds. To extirpate (Latin ex, out, and stirps, stem, stock) is not only to destroy the individuals of any race of plants or animals, but the very stock, so that the race can never be restored; we speak of eradicating a disease, of extirpating a cancer, exterminating wild beasts or hostile tribes; we seek to eradicate or extirpate all vices and evils. Compare ABOLISH.

   Antonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle

   Synonyms:
   annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, uproot, wipe out

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1. exterminate, kill offverb

   kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

   "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, kill off, root out, extirpate, uproot

2. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb

   destroy completely, as if down to the roots

   "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, kill off, annihilate, deracinate, eliminate, uproot, decimate, root out, wipe out, extinguish, eradicate, carry off

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1. exterminateverb

   Synonyms:
   eradicate, extirpate, uproot

How to use exterminate in a sentence?

1. Liubov Yarosh:

   We need to exterminate them so that not a single one is left. Only then can there be any peace.

2. The Daleks (Doctor Who):

   Exterminate.

3. Benzion Netanyahu:

   Adolf Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, Adolf Hitler wanted to expel the Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Adolf Hitler and said,' If you expel them, they'll all come here.' .

4. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here.' -- 'So what should I do with them?' Hitler asked the mufti, who responded: 'Burn them.'.

5. Thomas Love Peacock:

   I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

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