exterminate
/ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt/verb
उच्चारण इक्स्टर्मिनेट
पूरी तरह नष्ट करना, जड़ से मिटाना
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to kill all the members of a group of people or animals
पूरी तरह नष्ट करना, जड़ से मिटाना
- to exterminate rats and cockroaches
- The authorities tried to exterminate the mosquitoes in the area before the festival.
- The villagers wanted to exterminate the pests that destroyed their crops.
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- The company was hired to exterminate termites in the old library.
- Hunters nearly exterminated the tiger in this region.
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ex·ter·mi·nate
With -ter- and -minate (not 'extirminate').
-ter- और अंत में -minate ('extirminate' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the destroy-completely words together: exterminate (kill all of a group), eradicate (destroy completely, especially a disease: 'eradicate polio'), annihilate (destroy completely), obliterate (remove all signs of), extirpate (formal, destroy completely).
पूरी तरह नष्ट करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: exterminate (किसी समूह के सबको मारना), eradicate (पूरी तरह मिटाना, विशेषकर रोग: 'eradicate polio'), annihilate (पूरी तरह नष्ट करना), obliterate (सारे निशान मिटाना), extirpate (औपचारिक, पूरी तरह नष्ट करना)।
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General knowledge
India was declared polio-free in 2014.
भारत 2014 में पोलियो-मुक्त घोषित हुआ।