Exterminated (Adjective)
Meaning
Destroyed completely.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The disease had exterminated an entire species of insect within a few months of its discovery.
- The last remnants of the old city were exterminated by the construction of a new highway system.
- The old logging practices had exterminated the region's native forests, leaving behind barren wastelands.
- By the mid-19th century, the disease had largely exterminated the indigenous populations in the Americas.
- A single use of the nuclear bomb had exterminated nearly an entire city, highlighting its devastating power.