Crossword Dictionary
EXTERMINATE
exterminate, kill off - v
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many;
Synonyms
abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase
Examples
Andronicus seems then to have resolved to exterminate the aristocracy, and his plans were nearly crowned with success.
The dying race sought to exterminate the humans and used deception and deceit to accomplish this task.
There is a group within the Watchers (yes, a secret society within a secret society) who believe the Immortals are pure evil and it is their job to exterminate them.
Etymology
1540s, "drive away," from Latin exterminatus, past participle of exterminare "drive out, expel, put aside, drive beyond boundaries," also, in Late Latin "destroy," from phrase ex termine "beyond the boundary," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + termine, ablative of termen "boundary, limit, end" (see terminus).