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exterminate — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To destroy completely, wiping out every one of something.↗ Example: And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die; and thou shalt exterminate the evil from Israel.↗ (Torah DEU.17.12, JPS 1917)↗

exterminated — Everyday, meaning 1: Exterminated means killed completely, so that a whole group of animals, insects or pests is destroyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In history, it can describe the mass killing of a group of people, which is one of the worst crimes.↗ Example: The termites in the shed were exterminated.↗ · The dodo was hunted until it was exterminated.↗ · Millions of people were exterminated in the Holocaust.↗ · Wolves were exterminated from Britain hundreds of years ago.↗ · The council exterminated the rats near the bins.↗ · In the film, the robots wanted every human exterminated.↗ · If you do not do this I will land all my cats upon your island, and you shall be exterminated.”↗

extermination — Everyday, meaning 1: The complete destruction of a pest, a group or a thing, so that none is left.↗ Example: The farmers worked for the extermination of the rats.↗ · The goddess loved extermination.↗ · The plan was the extermination of the weeds in the garden.↗ · And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more extermination; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.↗ (Prophets ZEC.14.11, JPS 1917)↗ · For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.↗ (Prophets ISA.10.23, JPS 1917)↗ · For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return; an extermination is determined, overflowing with righteousness.↗ (Prophets ISA.10.22, JPS 1917)↗

external — Everyday, meaning 1: On the outside, or coming from the outside.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Coming from another place or person, not your own school or group: «an external examiner».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (medicine) For use on the outside of the body only, not to be swallowed.↗ Example: The skin is the body's external covering.↗ · This cream is for external use only.↗ · Paint the external walls of the shed.↗ · The external angle of a triangle is outside the shape.↗ · An external examiner came to mark our music test.↗ · External noise from the road made it hard to sleep.↗ · Insects have an external skeleton called an exoskeleton.↗ · "Nothing at all," answered their mother; "that's only something external.↗

externally — Everyday, meaning 1: Externally means on the outside or from the outside.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Externally can mean from outside a group or organisation, such as externally marked exams.↗ Example: This cream should be used externally only — do not swallow it.↗ · Externally, the house looked fine, but inside it was a mess.↗ · The exam papers are marked externally.↗ · The mirror is externally damaged but still works.↗ · He looked calm externally, but inside he was nervous.↗ · The heater is mounted externally on the wall.↗ · He consulted many doctors far and near, and took all kinds of medicines both internally and externally.↗

extinct — Everyday, meaning 1: An extinct animal or plant no longer exists anywhere in the world, because every last one has died.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An extinct volcano is one that will never erupt again.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An extinct custom, job or language is no longer used or done.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A family line that is extinct has no living members left.↗ Example: Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.↗ · The dodo became extinct because people hunted it.↗ · Tigers could go extinct if their forests are cut down.↗ · Edinburgh Castle stands on an extinct volcano.↗ · Some old languages are now extinct.↗ · Scientists study fossils to learn about extinct animals.↗ · Saving habitats stops animals from going extinct.↗ · "The family is extinct, the house has been pulled down, and where it stood is now the stately poultry-house, with gilded weathercocks, and the old Poultry Meg.↗ · My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.↗ (Writings JOB.17.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power — they lie down together, they shall not rise, they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick: (Prophets ISA.43.17, JPS 1917)↗

extinction — Everyday, meaning 1: When a kind of animal or plant dies out completely, so there are none left anywhere.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something being put out or ended, such as a fire or light.↗ Example: The dodo was hunted to extinction.↗ · Many tigers are facing extinction.↗ · A huge asteroid may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.↗ · Zoos help save animals from extinction.↗ · Pollution could push the frogs to extinction.↗ · Extinction is forever — the animals never come back.↗ · Scientists study fossils to learn about past extinctions.↗ · I did not anticipate this immediate extinction of the species."↗

extinguish — Everyday, meaning 1: To extinguish a fire or light is to put it out so it stops burning or shining.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To end or destroy something such as hope.↗ Example: Firefighters extinguished the blaze in an hour.↗ · Please extinguish all candles before bed.↗ · A fire blanket can extinguish a small pan fire.↗ · Never use water to extinguish an oil fire.↗ · The bad news extinguished her hopes.↗ · Smokers must extinguish cigarettes here.↗ · And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.↗ (Prophets EZK.32.7, JPS 1917)↗

extinguished — Everyday, meaning 1: Extinguished means put out, so a fire or light stops burning or shining.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Extinguished means ended or destroyed completely: «All hope was extinguished.».↗ Example: Firefighters extinguished the fire in an hour.↗ · She extinguished the candle with a snuffer.↗ · The campfire must be fully extinguished before you leave.↗ · Their hopes were extinguished when the bus left without them.↗ · The streetlights were extinguished at dawn.↗ · Never use water on an oil fire; a fire blanket extinguishes it safely.↗ · Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished.↗

extinguisher — Everyday, meaning 1: A metal container, usually red, filled with water, foam, powder or gas, used to put out a fire; full name «fire extinguisher».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Anything that puts out a fire or a light, such as a candle snuffer.↗ Example: There is a fire extinguisher by every classroom door.↗ · The firefighter showed us how an extinguisher works.↗ · Never use a water extinguisher on an electrical fire.↗ · The chef used a fire extinguisher on the burning pan.↗ · The extinguisher is checked every year.↗ · Children should leave the building, not grab the extinguisher.↗

extinguishing — Everyday, meaning 1: Putting out a fire or a light so it stops burning: extinguishing the campfire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Ending or destroying something completely: extinguishing all hope.↗ Example: Firefighters spent hours extinguishing the forest fire.↗ · We were extinguishing the campfire with buckets of water.↗ · A fire blanket helps in extinguishing a small pan fire.↗ · Never use water for extinguishing an oil fire.↗ · Extinguishing the candles, Mum turned on the lights.↗ · The bad news was extinguishing all our hope.↗

extirpate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To extirpate something is to destroy it completely, pulling it out by the roots.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) A species is extirpated from an area when it dies out there but still lives elsewhere.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (medical) To extirpate can mean to remove an organ or growth completely by surgery.↗ Example: The government tried to extirpate the disease completely.↗ · Beavers were extirpated from England but have now returned.↗ · Gardeners try to extirpate weeds by the roots.↗ · The king vowed to extirpate all rebels.↗ · The species is extirpated from Ireland but still lives in Scotland.↗ · The surgeon extirpated the growth.↗

extol — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To praise someone very highly, or to lift them up in words.↗ Example: I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.↗ (Writings PSA.66.17, JPS 1917)↗ · I will extol Thee, my God, O King; and I will bless Thy name for ever and ever.↗ (Writings PSA.145.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.↗ (Writings PRO.4.8, JPS 1917)↗

extortion — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Taking money or goods from people by force or threats.↗ Example: Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.'↗ For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, they that trampled down are consumed out of the land; (Prophets ISA.16.4, JPS 1917)↗

extra — Everyday, meaning 1: Extra means more than usual, or more than needed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An extra is something added on, often for more money.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An extra is a person in the background of a film.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Extra can mean very: extra careful.↗ Example: She paid $2 extra for cheese.↗ · He ran 3 extra laps.↗ · How many extra chairs are needed?↗ · Each extra hour costs $5.↗ · The game went into extra time.↗ · Bring an extra jumper in case it's cold.↗ · Be extra careful on icy paths.↗ · She did extra reading practice.↗

extract — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To take or pull something out, often with effort: a tooth, juice, a metal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To get information or money from someone who does not want to give it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A short piece taken from a book, film or music.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) A strong liquid taken from a plant or food, such as vanilla extract.↗ Example: Read the extract and answer the questions.↗ · The dentist had to extract my wobbly tooth.↗ · We extracted salt from salty water by evaporation.↗ · Add a few drops of vanilla extract to the cake.↗ · The detective extracted the truth from the thief.↗ · Bees extract nectar from flowers.↗ · This extract comes from a famous children's book.↗ · He at once extracted the arrow, and anointed the wound with a salve, the virtue of which had been taught him by Chiron himself.↗

extraction — Everyday, meaning 1: Extraction is taking or pulling something out, like a tooth from a mouth or oil from the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Extraction is getting a substance out of a mixture, like getting juice out of fruit or salt from sea water.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) A person's extraction is the country or family they come from: «of Irish extraction».↗ Example: The dentist did an extraction of my wobbly tooth.↗ · Oil extraction can harm the environment.↗ · We did an extraction of colour from beetroot in science.↗ · Salt extraction from sea water uses evaporation.↗ · She is of Italian extraction.↗ · Coal extraction used to be the town's main job.↗ · The extraction of iron from rock needs a furnace.↗ · My father was a Rocket like myself, and of French extraction.↗

extractor — Everyday, meaning 1: An extractor (or extractor fan) is a machine that sucks out steam, smoke or smells from a room, such as a kitchen or bathroom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An extractor is any tool or machine that pulls or takes something out, such as a juice extractor or a splinter extractor.↗ Example: Turn the extractor fan on when you fry the bacon.↗ · The bathroom extractor stops mould growing on the ceiling.↗ · Beekeepers spin the honeycombs in a honey extractor.↗ · Mum made orange juice in the juice extractor.↗ · The extractor hood above the cooker was greasy.↗ · The noisy extractor hummed all night in the hotel.↗ · The dentist used a small tool, a kind of extractor, on my tooth.↗

extraordinarily — Everyday, meaning 1: To an unusual degree; very much more than usual.↗ Example: She was extraordinarily beautiful.↗ · The sky was extraordinarily bright.↗ · It was extraordinarily hot today.↗

extraordinary — Everyday, meaning 1: Extraordinary means very unusual, surprising or special, much more than ordinary.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very great or very good: «extraordinary talent».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Extra or special, outside the normal plan: «an extraordinary meeting».↗ Example: The magician did an extraordinary trick.↗ · She showed extraordinary courage in the storm.↗ · It's extraordinary that the cat found its way home.↗ · The octopus is an extraordinary animal.↗ · He has an extraordinary memory for numbers.↗ · The council held an extraordinary meeting.↗ · "What an adventure! how extraordinary!" she cried.↗ · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. [Deuteronomy 28:59], [Psalm 118:23], [Psalm 139:6].↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · He further says: "Many writers have from time to time remarked upon the extraordinary magnitude of the numbers with which we deal in this subject.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

extraterrestrial — Everyday, meaning 1: Coming from or existing outside the Earth, in space, as in «extraterrestrial rocks».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A living being from another planet, an alien; often shortened to «ET».↗ Example: The meteorite in the museum is extraterrestrial.↗ · Scientists are looking for signs of extraterrestrial life.↗ · In the film, a friendly extraterrestrial wants to go home.↗ · No one has ever found proof of extraterrestrials.↗ · We wrote stories about an extraterrestrial visiting our school.↗ · Telescopes listen for extraterrestrial radio signals.↗

extravagant — Everyday, meaning 1: Extravagant means spending much more money than is sensible or needed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Extravagant means far too much, fancy or showy, like an extravagant party or costume.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Extravagant claims or praise go far beyond what is true or reasonable.↗ Example: Buying a new phone every month is extravagant.↗ · The queen threw an extravagant party with fountains of chocolate.↗ · Her costume was extravagant, with feathers and sparkles.↗ · The advert made extravagant claims that the cream stops ageing.↗ · Dad said a limousine was too extravagant for my birthday.↗ · His extravagant spending left him with no savings.↗ · Such a seemingly extravagant theory, thus roundly asserted, excited much opposition.↗ · Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗