exterminates
Kills off completely
Exterminates is the third-person singular form of exterminate, meaning to destroy completely or kill off entirely.
The word typically applies to pests—The company exterminates termites—but extends to any systematic elimination: The regime exterminates dissent.
An exterminator is someone hired to kill vermin; extermination is the act itself, with grim historical associations.
Exposes area to pesticide gas
- spraysDisperses liquid finely
- eradicatesDestroys utterly and completely
- infestationsHarmful organism overruns
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
insects · cockroaches · termites · bedbugs · vermin · pesticides · traps · poison
Destroys utterly and completely
- massacresBrutal group killings
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- purgesForcible removals from power
slaughters · decimates · populations · genocide · atrocities · systematic · camps · eradication
Causes complete ruin
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- crushesCompresses with force
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
rivals · dominates · annihilates · defeats · obliterates · vanquishes · eradicates · suppresses
Destroys utterly and completely
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- cullsSelective removals
populations · predators · ecosystems · conservation · wildlife · habitat · biodiversity · endangered
fumigates
Exposes area to pesticide gas
- spraysDisperses liquid finely
- eradicatesDestroys utterly and completely
- infestationsHarmful organism overruns
rodents · insects · cockroaches · termites · bedbugs · vermin · pesticides · traps · poison · rats
annihilates
Destroys utterly and completely
- massacresBrutal group killings
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
purges · slaughters · decimates · populations · genocide · atrocities · systematic · camps · eradication · persecution
destroys
Causes complete ruin
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- crushesCompresses with force
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
competition · rivals · dominates · annihilates · defeats · obliterates · vanquishes · eradicates · suppresses · quashes
eradicates
Destroys utterly and completely
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
culls · populations · predators · ecosystems · conservation · wildlife · habitat · biodiversity · endangered · hunting
exterminatesbreeds
Cultivated animal varieties
propagates · cultivates · multiplies · repopulates · proliferates
- call the exterminator
- extermination campsFacilities for mass murder
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