Definitions for: Extermination

[n] the act of exterminating
[n] complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Synonyms: extinction, liquidation

See Also: annihilation, destruction, devastation, disintegration

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