exterminate
/ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt/verb
with obj.(常作be exterminated)
1- destroy completely根除; 灭绝; 消灭：
leftist ideals had not been totally exterminated.
左派的理想化设想还没有完全根除。
1.1
- kill (a pest)消灭（害虫）, 杀（虫）：
they use poison to exterminate moles.
他们用毒药消灭鼹鼠。
派生词
extermination
nounexterminator
nounexterminatory
/-nətərɪ/ adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'drive out, banish'）： from Latin exterminat- 'driven out, banished', from the verb exterminare, from ex- 'out'+terminus 'boundary'. The sense 'destroy' （mid 16th cent.） comes from the Latin of the Vulgate.