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exterminate

英 [ɪk'stɜːmɪneɪt; ek-] 美[ɪk'stɝmə'net]
  • vt. 消灭;根除

英英释意


1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many;
"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"