— exterminable /ik sterr"meuh neuh beuhl/ , adj. — extermination , n.
/ik sterr"meuh nayt'/ , v.t., exterminated, exterminating .
to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.
[ 1535-45; exterminatus, ptp. of exterminare to EXTERMINE; see -ATE 1 ]
Syn . eradicate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate.