exterminating

Verb

exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)

1. (transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
   • We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

   Synonyms:

   annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot

2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.
   • The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

   Synonyms:

   stamp out