及物动词

1. 消灭;灭绝;根除
To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.

1. kill en masse
kill on a large scale
kill many

e.g. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe

Synonym: kill off

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

e.g. the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprootedroot out corruption

Synonym: uprooteradicateextirpateroot out