Extermination

Quick meaning: Extermination is a noun meaning The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.

Meaning

The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.

More Meanings

1. Elimination.

Example Sentences

extermination of error or vice

extermination of weeds from a field

Depending on the case, extermination of a group of people may constitute genocide or crime against humanity.

Caley locomotive types, especially such numerous things as McIntosh goods and tank engines, have defied extermination over a good many years now.

Word Forms

• exterminations

Synonyms for extermination

Depending on context, synonyms include excision, liquidation, extinction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extinction, liquidation, annihilation, killing, eradication, eradicate.

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