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extermining

extermining is the present participle and gerund of extermine.

Meaning of extermine

Verb

extermine (third-person singular simple present extermines, present participle extermining, simple past and past participle extermined)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, transitive) To exterminate (someone or something); to destroy.
    • VVherever ſorrovv is, relief vvould be. / If you do ſorrovv at my grief in love, / By giving love your ſorrovv and my grief / VVere both extermined.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about extermining

What is extermining the present participle and gerund of?
Extermining is the present participle and gerund of extermine.

Words near extermining in the dictionary

  1. exterminatrices
  2. exterminatrix
  3. extermine
  4. extermined
  5. extermines
  6. extermining
  7. exterminism
  8. exterminist
  9. exterminists
  10. extern
  11. external

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