ṣāmat צָמַת ‘to destroy’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

ṣāmat v
1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate
 1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate
 1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated
 1c) (Piel) to put an end to
 1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated
 1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate