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exterminate

  • 1 borrar de la faz de la tierra

    • exterminate
    • wipe off completely
    • wipe off from the earth

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > borrar de la faz de la tierra

  • 2 masacrar

    • exterminate
    • kill brutally

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > masacrar

  • 3 exterminar

    v.
    1 to exterminate.
    2 to destroy, to devastate.
    * * *
    1 (suprimir) to exterminate, wipe out; (destruir) to destroy
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to exterminate
    * * *
    = eradicate, wipe out, exterminate, decimate, kill off, annihilate, stomp + Nombre + out.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. This article reports on the modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer to exterminate insects.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex. He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to exterminate
    * * *
    = eradicate, wipe out, exterminate, decimate, kill off, annihilate, stomp + Nombre + out.

    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: This article reports on the modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer to exterminate insects.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex: He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

    * * *
    exterminar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹ratas/insectos› to exterminate
    2 ‹raza/población› to wipe out, exterminate
    * * *

    exterminar ( conjugate exterminar) verbo transitivo
    to exterminate
    exterminar verbo transitivo to exerminate
    ' exterminar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    exterminate
    - wipe out
    - wipe
    * * *
    to exterminate
    * * *
    v/t exterminate, wipe out
    * * *
    : to exterminate

    Spanish-English dictionary > exterminar

  • 4 animalejo

    m.
    1 odd-looking creature.
    2 nasty animal, creepy-crawly.
    * * *
    SM (=animal) odd-looking creature, nasty animal; (=bicho) creepy-crawly *
    * * *
    Ex. I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.
    * * *

    Ex: I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.

    Spanish-English dictionary > animalejo

  • 5 animalucho

    m.
    1 an ugly, hideous animal.
    2 nasty beast, creepy-crawly.
    * * *
    1 familiar (persona) ugly brute
    * * *
    SM (=animal) ugly brute; (=bicho) creepy-crawly *
    * * *
    Ex. I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.
    * * *

    Ex: I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.

    Spanish-English dictionary > animalucho

  • 6 bichejo

    Ex. I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.
    * * *

    Ex: I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bichejo

  • 7 cortapicos

    m. s.&pl.
    earwig, European earwig.
    * * *
    SM INV earwig
    * * *
    masculino (pl cortapicos) earwig
    * * *
    = earwig.
    Ex. I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.
    * * *
    masculino (pl cortapicos) earwig
    * * *

    Ex: I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.

    * * *
    earwig
    * * *
    cortapicos nm inv
    earwig

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortapicos

  • 8 tijereta

    f.
    1 earwig (insect).
    2 (overhead) bicycle or scissors kick (sport).
    3 scissorlike motion of the legs.
    4 tendril.
    5 scissors hold, scissors kick, scissors hold in wrestling.
    * * *
    1 (tijerita) small scissors plural
    2 (insecto) earwig
    3 (de la vid) tendril
    4 DEPORTE scissors plural
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=insecto) earwig
    2) (Bot) vine tendril
    3) (Dep) scissor(s) kick, overhead kick
    * * *
    1) (Zool) earwig
    2) ( en gimnasia) scissors (pl); ( en fútbol) scissors kick, overhead kick
    * * *
    = earwig.
    Ex. I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.
    * * *
    1) (Zool) earwig
    2) ( en gimnasia) scissors (pl); ( en fútbol) scissors kick, overhead kick
    * * *

    Ex: I am not generally frightened by creepy-crawlies; however, earwigs are not welcome inside the house so I got a tissue to exterminate the critter.

    * * *
    A ( Zool) earwig
    B
    1 (en gimnasia) scissors (pl)
    2 (en fútbol) scissors kick, overhead kick
    * * *

    tijereta sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool earwig
    2 (salto) scissors kick
    ' tijereta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    earwig
    - scissors kick
    * * *
    1. [insecto] earwig
    2. [en fútbol] bicycle o scissors kick
    3. Andes, RP [ave] scissortail
    * * *
    f
    1 ZO earwig
    2 DEP scissors kick, overhead kick
    * * *
    : earwig

    Spanish-English dictionary > tijereta

  • 9 acabar con

    v.
    1 to put an end to, to make an end of, to end with, to finish with.
    Pedro acabó con el suplicio Peter put an end to the ordeal.
    2 to finish with, to be through with, to break up one's relation with, to break off with.
    La chica acabó con su novio The girl broke up with her boyfriend.
    3 to finish with, to destroy.
    Las drogas acabaron con el chico Drugs finished with=destroyed the boy.
    4 to destroy, to ruin, to wreck.
    La peste acabó con el pueblo The plague destroyed the town.
    5 to kill, to exterminate, to eliminate, to get rid of.
    María acabó con las cucarachas Mary killed the roaches.
    6 to finish off, to account for, to polish off.
    Acabó con toda la comida He finished off all the food.
    * * *
    (destruir) to destroy, put an end to 2 (terminar) to finish, finish off
    ■ ¡este chico acabará conmigo! this boy will be the death of me!
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, quell, put to + rest, snuff out, stamp out, kill off, eat + Posesivo + way through
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    Ex. The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
    Ex. The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
    Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex. After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, quell, put to + rest, snuff out, stamp out, kill off, eat + Posesivo + way through

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Ex: The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
    Ex: The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
    Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex: After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > acabar con

  • 10 aniquilar

    v.
    1 to annihilate, to wipe out.
    2 to exterminate, to destroy, to kill, to annihilate.
    * * *
    1 to annihilate, destroy
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=destruir) [+ enemigo] to annihilate, destroy; [+ equipo rival] to crush, annihilate
    2) (=matar) to kill
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <enemigo/población> to annihilate, wipe out; <defensas/instalaciones> to destroy
    * * *
    = wipe out, massacre, decimate, annihilate, zap.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <enemigo/población> to annihilate, wipe out; <defensas/instalaciones> to destroy
    * * *
    = wipe out, massacre, decimate, annihilate, zap.

    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

    Ex: In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

    * * *
    aniquilar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹enemigo/población› to annihilate, wipe out; ‹defensas/instalaciones› to destroy, obliterate
    la gripe que tuvo lo ha aniquilado that bout of flu he had has left him terribly weak o ( colloq) has really wiped him out
    los nervios la tienen aniquilada she's a nervous wreck
    la aniquiló 6-0, 6-0 she crushed her 6-0, 6-0
    me aniquiló con sus argumentos he crushed o annihilated o destroyed me with his arguments
    es tan dominante que lo ha aniquilado como persona she's so domineering that she has completely wiped out o destroyed his personality
    * * *

    aniquilar ( conjugate aniquilar) verbo transitivo ‹enemigo/población› to annihilate, wipe out;
    ‹defensas/instalaciones› to destroy
    aniquilar verbo transitivo to annihilate
    ' aniquilar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    annihilate
    - rout
    - wipe out
    - wipe
    * * *
    1. [destruir] to annihilate, to wipe out;
    los nazis aniquilaron a los judíos the Nazis exterminated the Jews;
    el candidato oficial aniquiló a la oposición the official candidate annihilated o destroyed the opposition;
    los tenistas suecos aniquilaron a sus rivales the Swedish tennis players annihilated o thrashed their opponents
    2. [abatir] to destroy;
    tres años en paro la aniquilaron moralmente three years of unemployment had totally demoralized her
    * * *
    v/t annihilate
    * * *
    1) : to annihilate, to wipe out
    2) : to overwhelm, to bring to one's knees

    Spanish-English dictionary > aniquilar

  • 11 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar

  • 12 extinguir

    v.
    to put out, to extinguish (incendio).
    La lluvia extinguió el fuego The rain extinguished the fire.
    El dolor extingue el amor Pain extinguishes love.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DISTINGUIR], like link=distinguir distinguir
    1 (fuego etc) to extinguish, put out
    2 (especie, deuda, epidemia) to wipe out
    1 (fuego etc) to go out
    2 (especie etc) to become extinct, die out
    3 (amor) to die away
    4 (plazo) to expire, run out
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=exterminar) [+ fuego] to extinguish, put out; [+ sublevación] to put down
    2) [+ deuda] to wipe out
    3) (Bio) to exterminate, wipe out
    4)

    extinguir una sentencia — (Jur) to serve a sentence

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < especie> to wipe out; <violencia/injusticia> to put an end to
    2) < fuego> to extinguish, put out
    2.
    extinguirse v pron
    1) especie to become extinct, die out
    2) fuego to go out; volcán to become extinct; sonido to die away
    3) entusiasmo/amor to die
    4) (Der) to expire
    * * *
    Ex. His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.
    ----
    * extinguirse = die out, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), become + extinct, peter out.
    * extinguir un incendio = extinguish + fire.
    * sin poder extinguirlo = inextinguishably.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < especie> to wipe out; <violencia/injusticia> to put an end to
    2) < fuego> to extinguish, put out
    2.
    extinguirse v pron
    1) especie to become extinct, die out
    2) fuego to go out; volcán to become extinct; sonido to die away
    3) entusiasmo/amor to die
    4) (Der) to expire
    * * *

    Ex: His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

    * extinguirse = die out, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), become + extinct, peter out.
    * extinguir un incendio = extinguish + fire.
    * sin poder extinguirlo = inextinguishably.

    * * *
    extinguir [I2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹especie› to wipe out, drive ( o hunt etc) … to extinction
    2 ‹violencia/injusticia› to put an end to
    B ‹fuego› to extinguish, put out
    A «especie» to become extinct, die out
    miembro del extinguido Partido Democrático a member of the defunct Democratic Party, a member of the Democratic Party, no longer in existence
    B
    1 «fuego» to go out; «volcán» to become extinct
    2 «sonido» to die away
    C «entusiasmo/amor» to die
    D ( Der) to expire
    * * *

    extinguir ( conjugate extinguir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ especie› to wipe out;

    ‹violencia/injusticia› to put an end to

    extinguirse verbo pronominal


    [ volcán] to become extinct;
    [ sonido] to die away
    c) [entusiasmo/amor] to die

    extinguir verbo transitivo
    1 (un fuego) to extinguish, put out: tardaron tres días en extinguir el fuego completamente, it took them three days to fully extinguish the fire
    2 (una especie) to wipe out
    ' extinguir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    extinguish
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [fuego, incendio] to put out, to extinguish
    2. [animal, raza] to wipe out
    3. [afecto, entusiasmo, esperanzas] to put an end to
    4. [contrato] to terminate
    * * *
    v/t
    1 BIO, ZO wipe out
    2 fuego extinguish, put out
    * * *
    extinguir {26} vt
    1) apagar: to extinguish, to put out
    2) : to wipe out
    * * *
    1. (fuego) to extinguish / to put out [pt. & pp. put]
    2. (especie) to wipe out

    Spanish-English dictionary > extinguir

  • 13 extirpar

    v.
    1 to remove.
    2 to extirpate, to eliminate, to stamp out, to exterminate.
    Elsa extirpó las hierbas Elsa extirpated the weeds.
    El médico extirpó el tumor The doctor extirpated the tumor.
    3 to be extirpated from, to be removed from.
    Se le extirpó un tumor A tumor was extirpated from him=her.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA to remove, extract
    2 figurado to eradicate, wipe out, stamp out
    * * *
    verb
    to extirpate, eradicate, excise
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ problema, vicio] to eradicate, stamp out
    2) (Med) to remove (surgically), take out
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Med) to remove, extirpate (frml)
    b) <vicio/terrorismo> to eradicate, extirpate (frml)
    * * *
    = excise.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Med) to remove, extirpate (frml)
    b) <vicio/terrorismo> to eradicate, extirpate (frml)
    * * *

    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

    * * *
    extirpar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹tumor/órgano› to remove, extirpate ( frml)
    2 ‹vicio/terrorismo› to eradicate, extirpate ( frml)
    * * *

    extirpar ( conjugate extirpar) verbo transitivo (Med) to remove
    extirpar verbo transitivo
    1 Med to remove: extirparon el tumor con éxito, they successfully removed the tumour
    2 (vicios, abusos) to eradicate, stamp out
    ' extirpar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    extirpate
    - remove
    * * *
    1. [quirúrgicamente] [órgano, tumor, quiste] to remove, Espec to extirpate;
    [muela] to extract
    2. [erradicar] to eradicate, to stamp out
    * * *
    v/t
    1 MED remove
    2 vicio eradicate, stamp out
    * * *
    : to eradicate, to remove, to excise
    * * *
    extirpar vb to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > extirpar

  • 14 helado1

    Ex. This article reports on the modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer to exterminate insects.
    ----
    * copa de helado = ice cream sundae, sundae.
    * helado de fresa = strawberry ice cream.
    * helado de vainilla = vanilla ice cream.
    * sorbete de helado = ice cream soda.
    * vendedor de helados = ice cream man.

    Spanish-English dictionary > helado1

  • 15 anonadar

    v.
    1 to astonish, to bewilder (to surprise).
    2 to stun.
    3 to overwhelm, to astound, to baffle, to confound.
    La sorpresa anonadó a Ricardo The surprise overwhelmed Richard.
    4 to humiliate, to belittle.
    Su desprecio anonadó a Silvia demasiado His disdain humiliated Silvia too much.
    5 to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate.
    Su violencia anonadó al pueblo His violence annihilated the village.
    * * *
    1 (sorprender) to amaze, astonish, astound, dumbfound, take aback, leave speechless
    * * *
    1.

    me anonadó su descaro — I was stunned o left speechless by her cheek

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    * * *
    anonadar [A1 ]
    vt
    la noticia lo anonadó he was dumbfounded o completely taken aback by the news
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [sorprender] to astonish, to bewilder;
    anonadó al público con su comportamiento her behaviour astonished o bewildered the audience, the audience was totally taken aback by her behaviour
    2. [abatir] to stun
    * * *
    v/t
    :
    anonadar a alguien take s.o. aback
    * * *
    : to dumbfound, to stun

    Spanish-English dictionary > anonadar

  • 16 helado

    adj.
    frozen, chilly, cold, frost-bitten.
    m.
    ice cream.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: helar.
    * * *
    1 ice-cream
    ————————
    1→ link=helar helar
    1 (gen) frozen
    2 (muy frío) icy, freezing cold
    3 (café, té) iced
    4 figurado (pasmado) dumbfounded
    1 ice-cream
    \
    dejar a alguien helado,-a to stun somebody
    quedarse helado,-a familiar to be flabbergasted, be stunned
    * * *
    1. noun m. 2. (f. - helada)
    adj.
    freezing, icy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=congelado) [lago, río] frozen; [carretera] icy
    2) (=muy frío) [bebida, comida] ice-cold; [mirada] frosty, icy

    ¡estoy helado! — I'm frozen!, I'm freezing!

    ¡tengo las manos heladas! — my hands are frozen o freezing o like ice!

    3) (=pasmado)

    ¡me deja usted helado! — you amaze me!

    ¡me quedé helado! — [de sorpresa] I couldn't believe it!; [de miedo] I was scared stiff!

    4) Caribe (Culin) iced, frosted
    2.

    helado de agua — Cono Sur sorbet; [con palo] ice lolly (Brit), Popsicle ® (EEUU)

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <persona/manos> freezing (colloq), frozen (colloq); <casa/habitación> freezing (colloq)

    dejar a alguien helado: nos dejó helados con la noticia we were stunned when she told us the news; quedarse helado — ( de asombro) to be stunned

    b) < comida> stone-cold; <líquido/bebida> ( muy frío) freezing; ( que se ha enfriado) stone-cold

    servir el vino bien helado — (AmL) serve the wine well chilled

    2) <agua/estanque> frozen
    II
    masculino ice cream
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <persona/manos> freezing (colloq), frozen (colloq); <casa/habitación> freezing (colloq)

    dejar a alguien helado: nos dejó helados con la noticia we were stunned when she told us the news; quedarse helado — ( de asombro) to be stunned

    b) < comida> stone-cold; <líquido/bebida> ( muy frío) freezing; ( que se ha enfriado) stone-cold

    servir el vino bien helado — (AmL) serve the wine well chilled

    2) <agua/estanque> frozen
    II
    masculino ice cream
    * * *
    helado1

    Ex: This article reports on the modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer to exterminate insects.

    * copa de helado = ice cream sundae, sundae.
    * helado de fresa = strawberry ice cream.
    * helado de vainilla = vanilla ice cream.
    * sorbete de helado = ice cream soda.
    * vendedor de helados = ice cream man.

    helado2
    2 = icy [icier -comp., iciest -sup.], frigid, iced, frosty [frostier -comp., frostiest -sup.].

    Ex: In general, studless tires did best on snow, while those with studs were best on icy roads.

    Ex: In such frigid conditions, spectators, coaches and even players were wearing neck warmers.
    Ex: Sand is used in some other states on snow and iced roads -- not quite as effective but it doesn't eat your vehicle with rust either.
    Ex: This picture was taken a little over a month ago on a cold, foggy, and frosty morning.
    * agua helada = ice water.
    * estar helado = be frozen stiff.
    * helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).
    * lluvia helada = freezing rain.
    * mezcla de lluvia helada y aguanieve = wint(e)ry mix, wint(e)ry shower.
    * niebla helada = freezing fog.
    * quedarse helado = be frozen stiff.
    * té helado = iced tea.

    * * *
    helado1 -da
    A
    1 ‹persona› freezing ( colloq), frozen ( colloq); ‹casa/habitación› freezing
    tengo los pies helados my feet are frozen o freezing
    dejar a algn helado: nos dejó helados con la noticia we were stunned o ( BrE) staggered when she told us the news
    quedarse helado (de frío) to freeze; (de asombro) to be stunned, be staggered ( BrE)
    2 ‹comida› stone-cold ‹líquido/bebida› (muy frío) freezing; (que se ha enfriado) stone-cold
    el agua está helada the water's freezing
    este té está helado this tea is stone-cold
    servir el vino bien helado ( AmS); serve the wine well chilled
    B ‹agua/estanque› frozen
    ice cream
    Compuestos:
    wafer
    (CS) water ice, sherbet ( AmE); (con palo) Popsicle® ( AmE), ice lolly ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo helar: ( conjugate helar)

    helado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    helado    
    helar
    helado 1
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹persona/manos› freezing (colloq), frozen (colloq);

    ‹casa/habitación› freezing (colloq);

    b) ‹ comida› stone-cold;

    ‹líquido/bebida› ( muy frío) freezing;
    ( que se ha enfriado) stone-cold;

    2 ‹agua/estanque› frozen
    helado 2 sustantivo masculino
    ice cream;
    ◊ helado de agua (Andes) water ice, sherbet (AmE);


    ( con palo) Popsicle® (AmE), ice lolly (BrE)
    helar ( conjugate helar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to freeze
    helado v impers:

    helarse verbo pronominal
    1 [río/charco] to freeze (over);
    [agua/plantas/cosecha] to freeze
    2 (fam)

    b) [comida/café] to get o go cold

    helado,-a
    I sustantivo masculino ice cream
    II adjetivo
    1 (muy frío) frozen, freezing cold: estábamos helados (de frío), we were frozen
    2 fig (atónito) stunned, flabbergasted: la noticia me dejó helado, I was flabbergasted by the news
    me quedé helado, I was stunned
    helar
    I vtr (congelar) to freeze
    II verbo impersonal to freeze: anoche heló, there was a frost last night
    ' helado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cucurucho
    - helada
    - polo
    - por
    - Tiro
    - tutti-frutti
    - vainilla
    - adoquín
    - apetecer
    - barra
    - bola
    - chupada
    - copa
    - derretir
    - deshacer
    - gana
    - haber
    - nieve
    - paleta
    - tomar
    - viento
    English:
    come out
    - concentrate
    - cone
    - cornet
    - craving
    - dip
    - feel
    - flavor
    - flavour
    - front
    - frozen
    - ice cream
    - ice-cold
    - icy
    - runny
    - scoop
    - stone-cold
    - tub
    - vanilla
    - boggle
    - fancy
    - floor
    - freeze
    - freezing
    - frosty
    - ice
    - iced
    - lolly
    - Popsicle
    - soda
    - stiff
    - stone
    - stun
    - stunned
    - sundae
    - taste
    - topping
    - treat
    * * *
    helado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [hecho hielo] [agua] frozen;
    [lago] frozen over
    2. [muy frío] [manos, agua] freezing;
    esta sopa está helada this soup is stone-cold;
    llegó helado de frío y mojado he arrived frozen stiff and wet through;
    me quedé helado esperándola bajo la lluvia I nearly froze to death waiting for her in the rain
    3. Andes, RP [bebida] ice-cold, well chilled;
    sírvase bien helado serve well chilled
    4. [atónito] dumbfounded, speechless;
    ¡me dejas helado! I don't know what to say!;
    me dejó helado cuando me contó lo que le había pasado she left me speechless when she told me what had happened to her
    ♦ nm
    ice cream
    CSur helado de agua Br ice lolly, US Popsicle®; RP helado palito Br ice lolly, US Popsicle®
    * * *
    I adj frozen; fig
    icy;
    quedarse helado be stunned
    II m ice cream
    * * *
    helado, -da adj
    1) gélido: icy, freezing cold
    2) congelado: frozen
    helado nm
    : ice cream
    * * *
    helado1 adj
    1. (congelado) frozen
    2. (muy frío) freezing
    helado2 n ice cream

    Spanish-English dictionary > helado

  • 17 NE

    NE
    1 ( nordeste) northeast; (símbolo) NE
    * * *
    ABR
    = nordeste NE
    * * *
    (= nordeste) NE
    * * *
    (= nordeste) NE
    * * *
    NE
    (= nordeste) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] NE
    * * *

    NE (
    ◊ nordeste) NE


    'NE' also found in these entries:
    English:
    alienate
    - alternate
    - antenatal
    - assassinate
    - assassination
    - billionaire
    - Canadian
    - Canaries
    - canary
    - carnation
    - combination
    - consternation
    - contaminate
    - contamination
    - coordination
    - coordinator
    - coronation
    - culminate
    - culmination
    - decaffeinated
    - decontaminate
    - denomination
    - denominator
    - destination
    - determination
    - detonate
    - detonation
    - disciplinarian
    - discriminate
    - discriminating
    - discrimination
    - disseminate
    - dominate
    - donate
    - donation
    - eliminate
    - elimination
    - emanate
    - esplanade
    - euthanasia
    - examination
    - explanation
    - exterminate
    - extermination
    - exterminator
    - fascinate
    - fascinating
    - fascination
    - fingernail
    - forename
    * * *
    NE (abrev de Nordeste)
    NE
    * * *
    NE
    abr (= nordeste) NE, Northeast

    Spanish-English dictionary > NE

  • 18 acabar con

    • do in
    • exterminate
    • finish the most difficult part of
    • finishable
    • make an effort to
    • make an engagement
    • put an edge on
    • put an opening price
    • root out
    • wind up with

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > acabar con

  • 19 aniquilar

    • annihilate
    • destroy
    • exterminate

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > aniquilar

  • 20 anonadar

    • annihilate
    • astound
    • confound
    • destroy
    • dumbfound
    • dumfound
    • exterminate
    • Fla.
    • flabbergasted
    • humiliate
    • overcome
    • overwhelm
    • stupefy
    • whelm

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > anonadar

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  • exterminate — [ek stʉr′mə nāt΄, ikstʉr′mə nāt΄] vt. exterminated, exterminating [< L exterminatus, pp. of exterminare, lit., to drive beyond the boundaries, hence drive out, destroy < ex , out + terminus, boundary: see TERM1] to destroy or get rid of… …   English World dictionary

  • exterminate — index abate (extinguish), abolish, annul, cancel, destroy (efface), dispatch (put to death) …   Law dictionary

  • exterminate — (v.) 1540s, drive away, from L. exterminatus, pp. of exterminare drive out, expel, drive beyond boundaries, also, in L.L. destroy, from phrase ex termine beyond the boundary, from ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + termine, abl. of termen boundary,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • exterminate — [v] kill abolish, annihilate, blot out*, decimate, destroy, do away with*, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, massacre, obliterate, put an end to*, rub out*, send to kingdom come*, slaughter, stamp out*, wipe …   New thesaurus

  • exterminate — ► VERB ▪ destroy completely; eradicate. DERIVATIVES extermination noun exterminator noun exterminatory adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «drive out»: from Latin exterminare, from terminus boundary …   English terms dictionary

  • exterminate — transitive verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin exterminatus, past participle of exterminare, from ex + terminus boundary more at term Date: 1591 to get rid of completely usually by killing off < exterminate termites and cockroaches > •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • exterminate — exterminable /ik sterr meuh neuh beuhl/, adj. extermination, n. /ik sterr meuh nayt /, v.t., exterminated, exterminating. to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects. [1535 45; < L… …   Universalium

  • exterminate — verb /ikˈstɜrmɪˌneɪt/ a) To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests. Well use poison to exterminate the rats. b) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has… …   Wiktionary

  • exterminate — [[t]ɪkstɜ͟ː(r)mɪneɪt[/t]] exterminates, exterminating, exterminated VERB To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. [V n] A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats... [V n] They have a real fear that they ll be… …   English dictionary

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