exterminator (eksterminator)

[= F. ext erm in at eur = Pr. Sp. Pg. exterminador = It. ester min a tore, Such a saint as Simon de Montfort, the exterminator of the Albigenses. Buckle , Civilization, II. iii. exterminatory (eks-ter'mi-nā-to-ri), a. [ ex terminate + -ory.] Serving or tending to exterminate. Against this new, this growing, this exterminatory system, all these churches have a common concern to defend themselves. Burke, To R. Burke. exterminet (eks-ter'min), v . t. [ ester min are , ext erm in are , drive out or away, banish, abolish, destroy, ex , out, + terminus , a boundary: see terminus .] To exterminate. If you do sorrow at my grief in love, By giving love your sorrow and my grief Were both extermin'd . Shak . , As you Like it, iii. 5.