exterminate

英 [ɪk'stɜːmɪneɪt; ek-] 美[ɪk'stɝmə'net]

• vt. 消灭；根除

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

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

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"