exterminate
part of speech
verb
meaning for a pupil
To destroy completely, wiping out every one of something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Deuteronomy it translates a Hebrew word meaning to burn away or remove, said of clearing out evil from Israel. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as the duty of the court and community to remove wrongdoing so that others hear, fear and do not rebel against the judges.
examples
- 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) tree →
note
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Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «exterminate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.