exterminated
Completely killed off
Exterminated means completely destroyed or killed off.
The word applies to deliberate, thorough elimination—of pests, populations, or groups: The invasive species was exterminated from the island.
When applied to people, exterminated carries the cold efficiency of genocide or mass killing: Millions were exterminated in the camps.
Removed from consideration
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
eradicated · abolished · stamped out · rooted out · purged · removed · cleared · total destruction
Pest takeover situation
- verminHarmful small animals
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
cockroaches · termites · bedbugs · rats · mice · wasps · ants · mosquitoes
Nazi genocide of Jews
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- atrocitiesExtremely cruel acts
Nazis · pogroms · massacre · annihilation · systematic · persecution · death camps · Rwanda
Complete vanishing of a species
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- dodoVanished flightless bird
- passenger pigeonExtinct migratory North American dove
- Tasmanian tigerExtinct striped marsupial carnivore
wildlife · habitat destruction · conservation · biodiversity · population collapse · hunting · poaching · thylacine
eliminated
Removed from consideration
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
obliterated · eradicated · abolished · stamped out · rooted out · purged · removed · cleared · total destruction
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- verminHarmful small animals
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
rodents · cockroaches · termites · bedbugs · rats · mice · wasps · ants · mosquitoes · eradication
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
atrocities · Nazis · pogroms · massacre · annihilation · systematic · persecution · death camps · Rwanda · deportation
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- dodoVanished flightless bird
- passenger pigeonExtinct migratory North American dove
Tasmanian tiger · wildlife · habitat destruction · conservation · biodiversity · population collapse · hunting · poaching · thylacine · ivory
- extinctionmass extinction, dodo, extinct, extinction event, extinction rate
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
exterminatedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
protected · saved · conserved · spared · safeguarded
exterminatedmultiplied
Increased by repeated addition
propagated · proliferated · bred · repopulated · restored
- call the exterminator
- extermination campsFacilities for mass murder
exterminate, extermination, exterminator, exterminators, exterminating, exterminates, exterminations