extermination

ex·ter·mi·nate

E0296600 (ĭk-stûr′mə-nāt′)tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates To get rid of by destroying completely: exterminated the termites that were weakening the wall. See Synonyms at annihilate.

[Latin extermināre, extermināt-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + termināre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).]

ex·ter′mi·na′tion n.ex·ter′mi·na′tive, ex·ter′mi·na·to′ry (-nə-tôr′ē) adj.

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Noun	1.	extermination - complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"extinctionannihilation, disintegration - total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
	2.	extermination - the act of exterminatingliquidationdestruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

extermination

noun destruction, murder, massacre, slaughter, killing, wiping out, genocide, elimination, ethnic cleansing (euphemistic), mass murder, annihilation, eradication, extirpation the extermination of thousands of innocent peopleQuotations
"We seem to be in the midst of an era of delirious ferocity, with half of mankind hell bent upon exterminating the other half" [H.L. Mencken]

extermination

nounUtter destruction:annihilation, eradication, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, liquidation, obliteration.

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根绝灭绝

exterminate

(ikˈstəːmineit) verb to get rid of or destroy completely. Rats must be exterminated from a building or they will cause disease. 灭绝，消除 exˌtermiˈnation noun 灭绝，根绝

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noun destruction

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noun utter destruction

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noun complete annihilation

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noun the act of exterminating

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