extermination
The act of exterminatingThe act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
» This is extermination.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
extermination of error or vice
extermination of weeds from a field
Ausrottung, Vernichtung
уничтоже́ниеuničtožénije, истребле́ниеistreblénije
the act of exterminating
(countable, uncountable)Elimination.
Examples
5 sentencesThis is extermination.
How long will we continue to believe that we were born for mutual extermination and that mutual extermination is our destiny?
Gaddafi undertook a policy of cultural extermination against the Berber-speaking community of Libya.
Jews and Roma were the only two groups targeted for extermination by the Nazis.
Chouchane, a barking dog known for his support to Islamist terrorist groups, called for the extermination of Kabyles.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from EcclesiasticalBorrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.
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Forms
plural: exterminations| Singular | extermination |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the act of exterminating:liquidation
- complete annihilation:extinction
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable