destroy completely
根除;灭绝;消灭
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leftist ideals had not been totally exterminated .左派的理想化设想还没有完全根除。
 
kill (a pest)
消灭(害虫),杀(虫)
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they use poison to exterminate moles .他们用毒药消灭鼹鼠。
 
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘drive out, banish’): from Latin 

