Exterminate
(verb)
To eliminate completely; to destroy or kill all members of a particular group or species.
Origin:
From latin exterminare "drive out, root out, banish".
Examples:
- The exterminate the pests before they infest the entire crop.
- The government's plan to exterminate the minority population was met with international condemnation.
- The disease exterminated a significant portion of the population.
- The dictator ordered the extermination of the political opposition.
- The exterminate of the invasive species was necessary to preserve the native ecosystem.