exterminate, v.
(exterminated, exterminates, exterminating)
freq. cnt. 3
(exterminated, exterminates, exterminating)
freq. cnt. 3
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
exterminate kill off
sample sentences
"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThey want to %s the prisoners
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
eradicate exterminate extirpate root out uproot
sample sentences
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted""root out corruption"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym