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exterminator Definition


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exterminate
verb
    exterminated, exterminating
    1. To get rid of or completely destroy (something living).
      Thesaurus: eliminate, abolish, destroy, annihilate, wipe out.
Derivative: extermination
noun
    The total destruction of something living.
Derivative: exterminator
noun
    A person or thing that destroys something living.
Etymology: 16c meaning ‘to banish': from Latin exterminare to drive away, from ex out + terminus boundary.



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