exterminatory

adjective

ex·ter·mi·na·to·ry ik-ˈstər-mə-nə-ˌtȯr-ē

: of, relating to, or marked by extermination

Examples of exterminatory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Unworthy Republic, Claudio Saunt, a historian at the University of Georgia, offers a damning synthesis of the federal betrayals, mass deportations, and exterminatory violence that defined the 1830s. —

Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020

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