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exterminate

/ɪksˈtɝməˌneɪt/ · 11 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. verb

    kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

    Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe

  2. verb

    destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted

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