exterminate

destroy, exterminate, extinguish

这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。
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。

动词 exterminate:

1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
   同义词：kill off
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
   同义词：uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out

ex.ter.mi.nate

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.ter.mi.nat.ed,ex.ter.mi.nat.ing,ex.ter.mi.nates
To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate.See Synonyms at abolish
灭绝，根除：通过彻底摧毁来除掉；根除参见 abolish

来源：
Latin extermin3re extermin3t- [to drive out]
拉丁语 extermin3re extermin3t- [逐出]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.…之外.]
termin3re [to mark boundaries] from terminus [boundary marker]
termin3re [划定界限] 源自 terminus [边界指示标]

【引伸】
exter.mina.tion
n.（名词）
exter.mina.tive 或
exter.minato.ry