Exterminate vs Mindless - What's the difference?
exterminate | mindless |
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.
Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
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Heedless.
(of a thing done) Overly repetitive and unchallenging.
Lacking a mind.
As a verb exterminate
is to kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.As an adjective mindless is
showing a lack of forethought or sense.exterminate
English
Verb
(exterminat)- We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
- Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.
Synonyms
* (to kill all) annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot * (to bring an end to) stamp out * See alsoDerived terms
* extermination * exterminative * exterminator * exterminatorymindless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An act of mindless violence.
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- Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe.