Exterminate

eks-tėr′mi-nāt, v.t. to destroy utterly: to put an end to: to root out.— adj. Exter′minable , that can be exterminated: used in the sense of 'illimitable' by Shelley.— n. Exterminā′tion , complete destruction or extirpation.— adjs. Exter′minātive , Exter′minātory , serving or tending to exterminate.— n. Exter′minātor .— v.t. Exter′mine ( Shak. ), to exterminate. [L. extermināre , -ātum — ex , out of, terminus .]