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Pronunciation : Ex*ter"mi*nate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.]
Definition : 1. To drive out or away; to expel. They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion. Barrow.

2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice. To explode and exterminate rank atheism. Bentley.

3. (Math.)

Defn: To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.]

t. [imp. & p. p. Exterminated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Exterminating().]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913