Dismantle vs Exterminate - What's the difference?
dismantle | exterminate |
(originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
To remove fittings or furnishings from.
To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
(figuratively) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.
In lang=en terms the difference between dismantle and exterminate
is that dismantle is to take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces while exterminate is to kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.As verbs the difference between dismantle and exterminate
is that dismantle is (originally) to divest, strip of dress or covering while exterminate is to kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.dismantle
English
Verb
(dismantl)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}
Derived terms
* dismantlementReferences
*exterminate
English
Verb
(exterminat)- We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
- Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.
