exterminate
vt. 消滅; 根除
To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...
滅鼠花了大力氣。
They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war...
他們十分害怕自己會在持續的內戰中被徹底消滅。
1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many;
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
destroy, exterminate, extinguish
這3個動詞均有"消滅"之意。
A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.
滅鼠花了大力氣。
Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.
有些人在植物上噴撒毒劑以殺死花園內的昆蟲.
It is necessary to exterminate the post at the sawmill.
必須端掉鋸木廠邊的哨所.
This spray will exterminate the termites.
這種噴劑能消滅白蟻.
Vermin don't have to exterminate themselves.
蟲豸是用不著自己殺害自己的.