exterminate

v 1: kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler

wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and

homosexuals of Europe" [syn: {kill off}]

2: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges

of political democracy were soon uprooted" [syn: {uproot},

{eradicate}, {extirpate}]