exterminate

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 30 November 2014

EtymologyEdit

From Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō, itself from ex- + terminō (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɪkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/, /ɛkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/

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VerbEdit

exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)

1. (transitive) To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

2. (figuratively, transitive) 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.

SynonymsEdit

• (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot
• (to bring an end to): stamp out
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• extermination
• exterminative

• exterminator
• exterminatory

Related termsEdit

• terminate
• termination
• terminator

TranslationsEdit

to kill all of a population

• Bulgarian: изтребвам (bg) (iztrebvam)
• Czech: vyhladit, vyhubit
• Danish: udrydde
• Dutch: uitroeien (nl), verdelgen (nl)
• French: exterminer (fr)
• German: ausrotten (de)
• Greek: εξολοθρεύω (el) (exolothrévo)
• Hebrew: חיסל‎‎
• Italian: sterminare (it)
• Ladino: eksterminar

• Maori: haepapa, hoepapa, whakamōtī, tipihauraro
• Persian: ریشه‌کن کردن‎‎ (riše-kan kardan)
• Portuguese: exterminar (pt), erradicar (pt)
• Romanian: exterminare (ro) f
• Russian: истребля́ть (ru) impf (istrebljátʹ), истреби́ть (ru) pf (istrebítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: истребити, istrebiti (sh)
• Spanish: exterminar (es)
• Turkish: kökünü kurutmak
• Ukrainian: винищувати (vynýščuvaty), виводити (vyvódyty) (pests, parasites)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטיליקן‎‎ (fartilikn)

to bring a definite end to, finish completely

• Bulgarian: унищожавам (bg) (uništožavam)
• Dutch: afmaken (nl), beëindigen (nl), uitroeien (nl)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: له‌ناوبردن‎‎

• Ladino: eksterminar
• Portuguese: exterminar (pt), aniquilar (pt)
• Russian: уничтожа́ть (ru) impf (uničtožátʹ), уничто́жить (ru) pf (uničtóžitʹ)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטיליקן‎‎ (fartilikn)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} exterminer (fr), ^{(please verify)} anéantir (fr)

• German: ^{(please verify)} ausrotten (de)

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

extermināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exterminō