Meaning of EXTERMINATION
| Pronunciation: | | ikst`urmun'eyshun
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- [n] the act of exterminating
- [n] complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
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| | Synonyms: | | extinction, liquidation |
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| | See Also: | | annihilation, destruction, devastation, disintegration | |
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| | 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.]
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| | Related Terms: | | abolishment, abolition, annihilation, annulment, bane, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, choking, choking off, dealing death, deracination, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, elimination, eradication, euthanasia, execution, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, flow of blood, gore, immolation, kill, killing, lapidation, liquidation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, negation, nullification, poisoning, purge, ritual killing, ritual murder, rooting out, sacrifice, shooting, silencing, slaughter, slaying, snuffing out, stifling, stoning, strangulation, suffocation, suppression, taking of life, uprooting, voiding |
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