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exterminatory

exterminatory adjective: relating to or marked by extermination.

Adjective

exterminatory (comparative more exterminatory, superlative most exterminatory)

  1. relating to or marked by extermination

Forms of exterminatory

comparativemore exterminatory
superlativemost exterminatory

Origin of exterminatory

From exterminate + -ory.

Questions about exterminatory

What does exterminatory mean?
Exterminatory means relating to or marked by extermination.
What part of speech is exterminatory?
Exterminatory is an adjective.

Words near exterminatory in the dictionary

  1. exterminationists
  2. exterminations
  3. exterminative
  4. exterminator
  5. exterminators
  6. exterminatory
  7. exterminatress
  8. exterminatresses
  9. exterminatrices
  10. exterminatrix
  11. extermine

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