extermination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
  2. Elimination.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

extermination exterminations

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.

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