The slogan "Arbeit macht frei" at the gates of the Nazi concentration camps was entirely cynical. The prisoners who believed the deceitful promise that work would set them free had no real chance of freedom, regardless of how much they laboured. Many of them were worked to death; many more were deliberately exterminated.

The insecticide promised to exterminate cockroaches.

The hyena will soon be exterminated in our country.

Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.

Palestinians won't be exterminated.

Exterminate," said the Dalek.

Palestinians can't be exterminated.

In some countries, when a herd of elephants encroaches upon the agricultural livelihoods of farmers, the elephants can be exterminated.

I'm a Kabyle from Algeria." "You're a traitor!" "Why?" "You can't be a Kabyle and an Algerian at the same time." "Are you a follower of Ferhat Mehenni's group?" "Sure!" "Then you're a separatist." "This is genocide! You're a criminal! You hate Kabyles and you're trying to exterminate them!" "This is completely ridiculous." "If you don't shut up, I'll sue you for war crimes and crimes against humanity." "Are you out of your mind?" "Stop insulting me! You're a criminal! You're an Islamist terrorist! You're a bastard! You're a traitor and the day we set up our government, we'll execute you!"

However, there are instances in history where entire peoples were successfully exterminated.