About The Word Extermination
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Extermination
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What's The Definition Of Extermination?
[n] the act of exterminating
[n] complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Extermination: extinction | liquidation Related Terms | Find terms related to Extermination: abolishment | abolition | annihilation | annulment | bane | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | braining | choking | choking off | dealing death | deracination | destruction | destruction of life | dispatch | elimination | eradication | euthanasia | execution | extinction | extinguishment | extirpation | flow of blood | gore | immolation | kill | killing | lapidation | liquidation | martyrdom | martyrization | mercy killing | negation | nullification | poisoning | purge | ritual killing | ritual murder | rooting out | sacrifice | shooting | silencing | slaughter | slaying | snuffing out | stifling | stoning | strangulation | suffocation | suppression | taking of life | uprooting | voiding See Also | annihilation | destruction | devastation | disintegration Extermination In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extermination.]
1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication;
excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes,
of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]
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