Synonyms of exterminates

exterminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of exterminate

as in eradicates

to destroy all traces of

hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicates
• erases
• abolishes
• destroys
• obliterates
• annihilates
• liquidates
• effaces
• cancels
• demolishes
• shatters
• stamps (out)
• sweeps (away)
• expunges
• wipes out
• kills
• extirpates
• roots (out)
• ravages
• cleans (up)
• blots out
• dismantles
• blacks out
• discards
• snuffs (out)
• ruins
• consumes
• devastates
• decimates
• flattens
• dissolves
• rubs out
• devours
• wastes
• atomizes
• pulverizes
• smashes
• ejects
• wrecks
• expels
• razes
• fragments
• mows (down)
• dooms
• totals
• terminates
• finishes
• dashes
• ousts
• blasts
• ditches
• zaps
• powders
• tears down
• kills off
• excises
• splinters
• jettisons
• blows up
• dynamites
• throws out
• cuts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• preserves
• saves
• conserves
• creates
• builds
• manufactures
• makes
• forms
• constructs
• shapes
• restores
• frames
• forges
• repairs
• fashions
• reconstructs
• fabricates
• renews
• fixes
• rebuilds
• renovates
• mends
• reconditions
• patches
• revamps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exterminates

Pest control companies have decades of experience treating fleas, and build a plan that not only exterminates the fleas, but prevents them from resurfacing in the future. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 18 June 2026