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Extermination

Extermination Meaning & Definition
Extermination Definition And Meaning

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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