exterminate
Destroy them all
To exterminate is to destroy completely, especially to kill off an entire population of pests or people.
Exterminators eliminate rats and roaches; genocides exterminate ethnic groups.
The word implies thoroughness—not just killing some, but wiping out all: The regime sought to exterminate its political opponents.
Extermination carries clinical coldness, suggesting systematic rather than passionate violence.
Destroy all traces of
- wipe outDestroy completely or tumble
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- decimateDestroy a large portion
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
destroy · demolish · eliminate · abolish · expunge · extirpate · vanquish · root out
Destroy or impress greatly
assassinate · eliminate · liquidate · put down · cull · euthanize · massacre · kill off
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- infestationPest takeover situation
- verminHarmful small animals
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
insecticide · rodenticide · spraying · traps · bait · poison · cockroach · termite
Large-scale unlawful killing
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
atrocity · annihilation · death camp · concentration camp · mass murder · cleansing · liquidation · deportation
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
- wipe outDestroy completely or tumble
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- decimateDestroy a large portion
devastate · destroy · demolish · eliminate · abolish · expunge · extirpate · vanquish · root out · sweep away
slay
Destroy or impress greatly
butcher · assassinate · eliminate · liquidate · put down · cull · euthanize · massacre · kill off · destroy
fumigation
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- infestationPest takeover situation
- verminHarmful small animals
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
pesticide · insecticide · rodenticide · spraying · traps · bait · poison · cockroach · termite · bedbug
massacre
Large-scale unlawful killing
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
purge · atrocity · annihilation · death camp · concentration camp · mass murder · cleansing · liquidation · deportation
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- root outroot out, flush out, ferret out, smoke out, weed out
- British Sci-FiDoctor Who, TARDIS, Daleks, Dalek, Cyberman
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
- Destroydestroy, annihilate, obliterate, demolish, devastate
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
exterminatecreate
Cause to exist
generate · produce · breed · bring into being · bear
exterminaterepopulate
Fill again with inhabitants
reintroduce · replenish · cultivate · establish · settle
determine, terminal, terminate, termination, interminable, terminus, indeterminate, terminator