āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
exterminate
/ÉkstËÉËmÉĒnËeâÉĒt/
to exterminate
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to destroy completely
Transitive: to exterminate sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fire exterminated the forest, leaving behind nothing but ash.
āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to kill pests, such as insects or rodents
Transitive: to exterminate pests
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
An exterminator was hired to exterminate the termites eating through the wooden beams.
āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻĒā§āĻāĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻļāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
exterminated
extermination
exterminator
exterminate
extermin
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