истребить

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic истрѣбити (istrěbiti). Morphologically, из- (iz-) +‎ тре́ба (tréba) +‎ -ить (-itʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɪstrʲɪˈbʲitʲ]

Verb edit

истреби́ть (istrebítʹpf (imperfective истребля́ть)

  1. to annihilate, to destroy, to eradicate, to exterminate (to reduce to nothing)
    Synonyms: уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ), искорени́ть (iskorenítʹ)

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