It compresses, it represses, it oppresses, it imprisons, it exiles, it shoots down with grape-shot, it exterminates, and it even "pardons!"
"Napoleon the Little"
Victor Hugo
He exterminates many plants in large areas, and substitutes in large measure those of his choice.
"Seed Dispersal"
William J. Beal
And yet they allow that in a few cases, nature, without the assistance of a physician, exterminates the poison of this fatal disease, and a perfect recovery is produced.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16"
Robert Kerr