extermination
extermination noun: the act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
Noun
extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations)
- The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
- extermination of error or vice
- extermination of weeds from a field
- Synonyms:
- excision
- Elimination.
extermination meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
extermination in Tamil
- பூண்டோடு அழிவு
extermination in Urdu
- پامالی, اکھاڑ
extermination in Malayalam
- ഉന്മൂലനം, വേരറുക്കൽ, വംശവിച്ഛേദം
extermination in Kannada
- ಮೂಲೋತ್ಪಾಟನೆ, ಬೇರುಸಹಿತ
More languagesFewer languages
- extermination in Arabic
- إبادة ʔibāda
Examples of extermination in a sentence
- Depending on the case, extermination of a group of people may constitute genocide or crime against humanity.
- Caley locomotive types, especially such numerous things as McIntosh goods and tank engines, have defied extermination over a good many years now.1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:
Synonyms of extermination
Forms of extermination
| plural | exterminations |
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Origin of extermination
Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.
Words formed from extermination
Phrases with extermination
Words that rhyme with extermination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about extermination
- What does extermination mean?
- Extermination means the act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
- What is extermination in Tamil?
- Extermination in Tamil is பூண்டோடு அழிவு. See Extermination meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use extermination in a sentence?
- Depending on the case, extermination of a group of people may constitute genocide or crime against humanity.
- What part of speech is extermination?
- Extermination is a noun.
- What is the plural of extermination?
- The plural of extermination is exterminations.
Words near extermination in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: extermination (page history and authors); extermination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extermination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extermination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extermination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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