Extermination Definition

noun

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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Elimination.

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Noun

Singular:
extermination
Plural:
exterminations

Origin of Extermination

  • From Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio

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Extermination Sentence Examples

  • The most effective step would obviously be the extermination of the Anopheles mosquito.

  • In the century leading up to its extermination, smallpox killed about 500,000,000 people.

  • Hunting, extermination, as methodical and merciless as he knew himself capable of.

  • Formerly giraffes were found in large herds, but persecution has reduced their number and led to their extermination from many districts.

  • The colonial period was marked by the destruction of the ancient Indian civilization, the extermination of many entire tribes, and the enslavement of the survivors, who were exploited to the utmost for the benefit of Spanish officials and adventurers.

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