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同近义词 vt.消灭；根除；destroy，kill off
词语辨析
destroy，exterminate，extinguish。这3个动词均有“消灭”的意思。destroy指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。exterminate指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。extinguish原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像灭火一样地被消灭、熄灭。 同根单词 exterminate nextermination消灭；根绝exterminator根除者；（美）灭鼠药；（美）职业的消灭害虫者

中文词源： exterminate 灭绝，根除 ex-, 向外。-term, 界限，终端，词源同term, terminal. 即赶到界限外面，根除。 exterminate
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常见考点例句：

As a human being , you need to be craftier than cockroaches and use an assortment of ways to exterminate them .

作为人类，你需要比小强狡猾，用各种不同方法来消灭他们。

Modern weapons make it practically certain that the next serious war will exterminate the human race .

现代武器的发展确定了下一次大战将会灭绝人类。

In 1987 , at age 13 , john fled his home in southern sudan narrowly escaping troops sent to exterminate all black christian males .

1987年，政府派兵前来苏丹南方剿灭黑人基督教徒，年仅13岁的约翰侥幸躲过杀身之祸，逃离家园。

As beijing itself learned in the recent past , she argues , cities that try to exterminate cats often just find that a new cat colony eventually moves into an area where an old one had been taken away .

她说，北京在最近几年自己想到了办法，要根除野猫的城市，最终把它们的居所迁移到一个地方，把那里它们原来居住的设施都拆除掉。

Mr. burleigh shows that nazi leaders and many germans saw the war serving the " ultimate good " of the progress of the german race , which had the right and indeed the duty to propagate itself and enslave and exterminate others .

伯利表明，许多纳粹领导人与德国人认为，战争是为德国种族的“最终完美”而服务，他们有权利有义务去繁衍自身，并奴役与消灭其他种族。