extermination
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
exterminate + -ion
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun [edit]
extermination (plural exterminations)
- 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.
- Elimination.
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
extermination f (plural exterminations)