Exterminated vs Exterminate - What's the difference?
exterminated | exterminate |
(exterminate)
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.
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.
As verbs the difference between exterminated and exterminate
is that exterminated is past tense of exterminate while exterminate is to kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.exterminated
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(head)exterminate
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(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 * exterminatoryexterminate
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(exterminat)- We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
- Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.
