Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Extermination \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.
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2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]
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extermination
n 1: complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the
extinction of the dinosaurs" [syn: extinction,
extermination]
2: the act of exterminating [syn: extermination,
liquidation]