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exterminatory

[ik-stur-muh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪkˈstɜr mə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
ADJECTIVE
internecine
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Against this new, this growing, this exterminatory system, all these churches have a common concern to defend themselves.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Among animals, save in the warfare of carnivorous animals for their daily food, there are no exterminatory wars between species, and even local wars over territory are of very rare occurrence.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by William Temple Hornaday

Forward, ye well-drilled exterminatory men; with your artillery-waggons, and camp kettles jingling.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Indeed it was Barrington who inspired that work:—a circumstance which must atone for his exterminatory raid on the Temple sparrows.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb




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