'Extermination' definitions:
Definition of 'extermination'
From: WordNet
noun
Complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" [syn: extinction, extermination]
noun
The act of exterminating [syn: extermination, liquidation]
Definition of 'Extermination'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extermination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- annihilation,
- annulment,
- bane,
- blood,
- bloodletting,
- bloodshed,
- braining,
- choking,
- choking off,
- dealing death,
- deracination,
- destruction,
- destruction of life,
- dispatch,
- elimination,
- eradication,
- euthanasia,
- execution,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- extirpation,
- flow of blood,
- gore,
- immolation,
- kill,
- killing,
- lapidation,
- liquidation,
- martyrdom,
- martyrization,
- mercy killing,
- negation,
- nullification,
- poisoning,
- purge,
- ritual killing,
- ritual murder,
- rooting out,
- sacrifice,
- shooting,
- silencing,
- slaughter,
- slaying,
- snuffing out,
- stifling,
- stoning,
- strangulation,
- suffocation,
- suppression,
- taking of life,
- uprooting,
- voiding