extermination
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
- (countable, uncountable) Elimination.
Synonyms
complete destruction
act of killing
excessive force
eardication
fading away
Translations
exterminio
extermination
sterminio
Vertilgung
εξολόθρευση
extinção
exterminacióFrequency
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.
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