exterminative
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exterminative — See extermination. * * * … Universalium
exterminative — ex·ter·mi·na·tive … English syllables
exterminative — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌnād.iv, nəd. adjective : exterminatory … Useful english dictionary
exterminatory — /ik sterr meuh neuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. serving or tending to exterminate. Also, exterminative /ik sterr meuh nay tiv/. [1780 90; EXTERMINATE + ORY1] * * * … Universalium
fatal — fa·tal adj 1: causing failure of a legal claim or cause of action a fatal defect in the proceedings W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel 2: making something (as a contract) invalid or unenforceable there is a fatal indefiniteness with the result that… … Law dictionary
dire — I adjective annihilative, appalling, awful, baleful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, catastrophical, deadly, demolishing, destroying, destructive, devastating, direful, disastrous, dismal, dreaded, dreadful, eradicative, exterminative,… … Law dictionary
disastrous — I adjective all destroying, annihilative, appalling, bad, baneful, blighting, calamitosus, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, crushing, damaging, deadly, deleterious, demolishing, desolating, destroying, destructive, detrimental … Law dictionary
exterminatory — /əkˈstɜmənətri/ (say uhk stermuhnuhtree), /ɛk / (say ek ), / təri/ (say tuhree) adjective serving or tending to exterminate. Also, exterminative …
exterminatory — [ek stʉr′mə nāt΄iv, ik stʉr′mə nāt΄iv, ek stʉr′mə nə tiv, ik stʉr′mə nə tivek stʉr′mə nə tôr΄ē, ik stʉr′mə nə tôr΄ē] adj. exterminating or tending to exterminate: also exterminative [ek stʉr′mə nāt΄iv, ik stʉr′mə nāt΄iv, ek stʉr′mə nə tiv, ik… … English World dictionary
