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extermination
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ex·ter·mi·nate  (k-stûrm-nt)
tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates
To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate. See Synonyms at abolish.

[Latin exterminre, extermint-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + terminre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).]

ex·termi·nation n.
ex·termi·native, ex·termi·na·tory (-n-tôr, -tr) adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.extermination - complete annihilationextermination - complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
annihilation, disintegration - total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
2.extermination - the act of exterminating
destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

extermination
noun destruction, murder, massacre, slaughter, killing, wiping out, genocide, elimination, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), mass murder, annihilation, eradication, extirpation the extermination of thousands of innocent people
Quotations
"We seem to be in the midst of an era of delirious ferocity, with half of mankind hell bent upon exterminating the other half" [H.L. Mencken]
Translations
extermination [eksˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən] N [of people] → exterminio m; [of pests] → exterminación f
extermination [ɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən] nextermination f
extermination
nAusrottung f, → Vernichtung f; (of disease, beliefs, ideas)Ausrottung f
extermination [ɪksˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn] nsterminio


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