spiflicationn.
/spɪflɪˈkeɪʃən/ humorous or colloquial.
The action of spiflicating; the fact or condition of being spiflicated; complete destruction.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming
quench?c1225
stanchingc1400
suppressingc1400
suppression1528
suffocation1567
crushing1580
suffocating1621
pulverization1643
overwhelming1645
depression1656
stifling1805
burking1827
spiflication1839
restinction1891
stamping1897
submergence1898
snuffing1922
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvii. 262 Conjecturing..that smifligation and bloodshed must be..one and the same thing.
1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. 204 Whose blood he vowed to drink—the Oriental form of threatening spiflication.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. vi. 90 You had better not mention anything..of Benson's spiflication.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Sept. 3/1 The metaphysical spiflication of rash members of the bourgeoisie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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