Definition of EXTERMINATION

extermination

Plural: exterminations

Noun

  • complete annihilation
  • the act of exterminating
  • The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
  • Elimination.

Examples

  • Depending on the case, extermination of a group of people may constitute genocide or crime against humanity.
  • extermination of error or vice
  • extermination of weeds from a field

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.

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