Meanings
comparative more exterminable · superlative most exterminable
- Capable of being exterminated.
The House Sparrow is no longer exterminable, but he may be, must be kept within bounds.
1909, William Leon Dawson, John Hooper Bowles, The Birds of Washington, page 99Synonyms: exterminatable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being exterminated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being totally destroyed or wiped out
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinexterminabilis“that may be destroyed”
- Englishexterminable
From Latin exterminabilis (“that may be destroyed”).
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