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intermination

intermination noun: a menace or threat.

Noun

intermination (plural interminations)

  1. (obsolete) A menace or threat.
    • The terrors of the law were the intermination of curses upon all those that ever broke any of the least commandments1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

Forms of intermination

pluralinterminations

Origin of intermination

Latin interminatio.

Questions about intermination

What does intermination mean?
Intermination means a menace or threat.
What part of speech is intermination?
Intermination is a noun.
What is the plural of intermination?
The plural of intermination is interminations.

Words near intermination in the dictionary

  1. interminably
  2. interminate
  3. interminated
  4. interminates
  5. interminating
  6. intermination
  7. interminations
  8. intermine
  9. intermined
  10. intermines
  11. intermingle

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