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# exterminated

«exterminated» in Mova's school dictionary: **killed completely, so that a whole group of animals…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb past form of exterminate (exterminate, exterminates, exterminated, exterminating); adjective (exterminated)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Exterminated means killed completely, so that a whole group of animals, insects or pests is destroyed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#m1)

2) In history, it can describe the mass killing of a group of people, which is one of the worst crimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, pests like rats, cockroaches or termites are exterminated by pest-control workers (exterminators). In history lessons, the word is used about the Holocaust and other genocides, when the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jews of Europe; it should be used seriously and respectfully. In science fiction, the Daleks in «Doctor Who» famously shout «Exterminate!». Phrases: «exterminated pests», «completely exterminated».

### examples

- The termites in the shed were exterminated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x1)
- The dodo was hunted until it was exterminated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x2)
- Millions of people were exterminated in the Holocaust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x3)
- Wolves were exterminated from Britain hundreds of years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x4)
- The council exterminated the rats near the bins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x5)
- In the film, the robots wanted every human exterminated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x6)
- If you do not do this I will land all my cats upon your island, and you shall be exterminated.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/#x7)

### note

Serious word; when speaking about people, use it only for real historical facts. Noun: extermination; person: exterminator. Similar: wipe out, destroy, eradicate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exterminated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exterminated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.