exterminate

/ɪkstˈɝmʌneɪt/

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Verb
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
Verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

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