extermination

Variant of exterminate

exterminate definition

ex·ter·mi·nate (ek stʉr′mə nāt′, ik-)

transitive verb exterminated -·nat′ed, exterminating -·nat′·ing

to destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing; wipe out; annihilate

Etymology: < L exterminatus, pp. of exterminare, lit., to drive beyond the boundaries, hence drive out, destroy < ex-, out + terminus, boundary: see term

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