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exterminated

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ex·ter·mi·nate  (k-stûrm-nt)
tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates
To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate. See Synonyms at abolish.
[Latin exterminre, extermint-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + terminre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).]
ex·termi·nation n.
ex·termi·native, ex·termi·na·tory (-n-tôr, -tr) adj.
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Adj.1.exterminatedexterminated - destroyed completely                
annihilated, wiped out
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"


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Nor is it enough for you to have exterminated the family of the prince, because the lords that remain make themselves the heads of fresh movements against you, and as you are unable either to satisfy or exterminate them, that state is lost whenever time brings the opportunity.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Why, I thought the king was dead, I thought you were in Gaul and couldn't get home, I thought there was a revolution; in the fantastic frenzy of these dreams, I thought that Clarence and I and a hand- ful of my cadets fought and exterminated the whole chivalry of England
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
The question to be debated was, "whether the YAHOOS should be exterminated from the face of the earth?
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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