Sentence examples for the exterminating from inspiring English sources
verb
To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
- We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
Adès said beforehand, "The exterminating angel is an absence — an absence of will, of purpose, of action.... Once the exterminating angel has taken possession of the guests, the only possible outcome is the complete breakdown of society and the imposition of martial law — and ultimately the end of the world".
Star ratings (out of 5) The Exterminating Angel ***** Béatrice et Bénédict *** The Exterminating Angel is at the Salzburg festival on 1, 5 and 8 August.
The Exterminating Angel -- (1963) -- Luis Buñuel's mischievous poke at the "bourgeois" festival audience.
I recently watched The Exterminating Angel, which he filmed in Mexico in 1962.
Besides collecting unused nails, Mr. Gordon said, Mr. Trump often performed the exterminating chores in his buildings by himself.
In the interview, Mr. Adès says that to him the exterminating angel is "an absence" of will, purpose and action.
We are polluting the environment, exterminating other species, and changing the climate.
The United States is exterminating the Vietnamese.
That's the equivalent of exterminating the entire population of France in one year.
An existential threat conjures an image of war-loving Iran poised on the brink of exterminating the Jews of Israel.
In the Independent, Guy Keleny pointed out that Heffer's example of the correct use of "exterminate" – "The Nazis exterminated the Jews" – was in fact blatantly incorrect.
