EXTERMINATES Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word exterminates. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for EXTERMINATES
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annihilates | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
decimates | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
destroys | verbv | |||||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||||
eliminates | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate, end, or take out • get rid of something • kill in large numbers • dismiss from consideration or a contest • eliminate from the body • remove from a contest or race • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | ||||||||
eradicates | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||||
obliterates | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||||
eradicate | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||||
uproot | verbv | |||||||
verb • move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment • destroy completely, as if down to the roots • pull up by or as if by the roots | ||||||||
annihilate | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
extirpate | verbv | |||||||
verb • destroy completely, as if down to the roots • pull up by or as if by the roots • surgically remove (an organ) | ||||||||
extermine | verbv | |||||||
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kill off | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | ||||||||
root out | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull up by or as if by the roots • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||||
stamp out | verbv | |||||||
verb • end or extinguish by forceful means |