'Totally' in the Bible
Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.
captured it, its king, and all of its villages. They executed them, totally destroying it and everyone in it, leaving no one remaining. He dealt with Debir and its king just as he had dealt with Hebron, treating them the same way he had dealt with Libnah and its king.
The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.
Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.