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exterminate
English
Etymology
From Latin extermin?tus, perfect passive participle of extermin?, itself from ex- + termin? (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/
Verb
exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)
- (transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
- We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.
- The public school failed to exterminate truancy.
Synonyms
- (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot
- (to bring an end to): stamp out
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Derived terms
Related terms
- terminate
- termination
- terminator
Translations
Latin
Verb
extermin?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of extermin?
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ravage
English
Etymology
From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (harpáz?, “to seize”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æv?d?/
Verb
ravage (third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged)
- (transitive) To devastate or destroy something.
- (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
- (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
Related terms
- rapid
Translations
Noun
ravage (plural ravages)
- Grievous damage or havoc.
- Depredation or devastation
- the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time
Translations
Further reading
- ravage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ravage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra??va?.??/
- Hyphenation: ra?va?ge
- Rhymes: -a???
Noun
ravage f (plural ravages)
- havoc, damage
Anagrams
- gevaar
French
Etymology
From ravine (“rush of water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.va?/
Noun
ravage m (plural ravages)
- singular of ravages
- (archaic) The act of laying waste.
Verb
ravage
- first-person singular present indicative of ravager
- third-person singular present indicative of ravager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ravager
- second-person singular imperative of ravager
Further reading
- “ravage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- gavera
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