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Exterminatory

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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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Unlike Loewenstein, I write in the wake of the terrorist attacks, which confirm in their way the full hideousness of Milton's fantasy of exterminatory hatred upon "all who sat beneath" (line 1652).
Representing Revolution in Milton and his Contemporaries: Religion, ... by Mendle, Michael / Renaissance Quarterly
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