Extermination
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Origin
From Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio
Full definition of extermination
Noun
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.----