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exterminate

[ik-stur-muh-neyt] / ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪt /


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“We are innately biased against outsiders,” writes David Livingstone Smith in his book “Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others.”

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Exterminate All the Brutes The documentary series concludes with two new episodes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2021

Fans of Dr Who will know that the Daleks - catchphrase "Exterminate" - have, at some stage, had their own parliament and prime minister.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2021

“You already know enough,” wrote Sven Lindqvist in Exterminate All the Brutes.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

Keep thou, meantime, All here with vigilance, but chiefly watch For thy own good, and save thyself from harm; For num’rous here brood mischief, whom the Gods Exterminate, ere yet their plots prevail!

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William




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