extermination
English
Etymology
From Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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Noun
extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations)
- The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication
- the total extermination of a people
- extermination of error or vice
- extermination of weeds from a field
- Elimination.
Synonyms
- (total destruction): excision
Translations
the act of exterminating
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French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “extermination” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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