exterminate

Verb

kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
- "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.

Examples

The public school failed to exterminate truancy.
We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + terminō (“to finish, close, end”), from terminus (“limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

eradicate, extirpate, kill off, root out, uproot, annihilate, extermine, stamp out

Scrabble Score: 20

exterminate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exterminate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exterminate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

exterminate: valid Words With Friends Word