Synonyms of exterminating

exterminating

verb

present participle of exterminate

as in eradicating

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

• eradicating
• erasing
• abolishing
• destroying
• obliterating
• annihilating
• liquidating
• expunging
• extirpating
• demolishing
• canceling
• effacing
• sweeping (away)
• wiping out
• killing
• shattering
• stamping (out)
• cleaning (up)
• blotting out
• ravaging
• dismantling
• ruining
• rooting (out)
• decimating
• wrecking
• discarding
• consuming
• devastating
• blacking out
• flattening
• wasting
• snuffing (out)
• razing
• rubbing out
• dissolving
• smashing
• devouring
• finishing
• dynamiting
• fragmenting
• expelling
• totaling
• tearing down
• blasting
• ejecting
• dashing
• pulverizing
• mowing (down)
• atomizing
• excising
• splintering
• terminating
• powdering
• ousting
• ditching
• jettisoning
• zapping
• dooming
• killing off
• blowing up
• cutting
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• preserving
• saving
• conserving
• creating
• making
• building
• constructing
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• framing
• forging
• repairing
• restoring
• fixing
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• fashioning
• fabricating
• renewing
• renovating
• patching
• reconditioning
• revamping
• mending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exterminating

Here's how to combine the two for an ant-exterminating solution. — Rabekah Henderson, The Spruce, 5 June 2026

Teller also warns that exterminating hives can harm native pollinators, such as bumblebees and wasps, through the insecticides used. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026

Ahead, Miller and Eric Benson, PhD, professor emeritus and extension entomologist at Clemson University, share their expert advice for identifying, exterminating, and preventing bed bugs in your home. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2026

Last year, a leading AfD candidate for the European Parliament insisted that not all members of the Nazi SS paramilitary (responsible for rounding up and exterminating Jews) were criminals. — Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025

While the sicko elites bask in the violence, Kawaji sees the Kodoku as a means of exterminating the remaining samurai, who have staged multiple rebellions against the Japanese empire. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025

So New Zealand has set a goal of exterminating rats, possums and other invasive animals that threaten the country’s biodiversity. — NPR, 13 Oct. 2025

Robots built Trantor and the Galactic Empire, and then humans took those gifts and turned on their creation, hunting down and exterminating all robots. — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025

This led to some debate among participants about the ethics of exterminating a pregnant nutria. — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025