definition of
exterminate

[1] #1 exterminate v. [kill off] kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe". wn

[2] #2 exterminate v. [uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption". wn