English-Italian translations for exterminate

• sterminare
  In quei luoghi, il bersaglio da sterminare erano i contadini. In these places, it was the peasantry that they sought to exterminate.
  L'enciclopedia giungeva alla conclusione che il genere umano non avrebbe mai potuto sterminare questa specie. The encyclopaedia came to the conclusion that mankind could never exterminate this species.
  Nessuna guerra mira a sterminare la parte sconfitta, e una nazione può essere distrutta anche senza guerra. Not every war aims to exterminate the losing side, and a nation can be destroyed without war.

Definition of exterminate

• To kill all of , usually intentionally
• To bring a definite end to; finish completely

Examples

• Well use poison to exterminate the rats.
• The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

Related words

• extermination
• exterminating
• exterminator
• exterminatrix
• exterminatress
• exterminative
• extermination camp
• pest exterminator