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- Dictionaryextermination/ɪkˌstəːmɪˈneɪʃn/
noun
- 1. killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals: "the near extermination of the buffalo herds"
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the act of killing all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type: extermination of International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale. Prairie dogs have long been considered nuisance varmints worthy only of mass extermination. See.
When an entire group of living things is killed, that's extermination. If ants have taken over your entire kitchen, marching across the counter and up the sides of the cabinets, you might have to resort to extermination.
the act of killing all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type: extermination of International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale. Prairie dogs have long been considered nuisance varmints worthy only of mass extermination. See. exterminate. Fewer examples.
: to get rid of completely usually by killing off. exterminate termites and cockroaches. extermination. ik-ˌstər-mə-ˈnā-shən. noun. exterminator. ik-ˈstər-mə-ˌnā-tər. noun. Did you know? Originally, to exterminate something was to banish it or drive it away. And it is this meaning that can be found in the Latin origin of "exterminate."
the act of killing all the members of a group of people or animals. the extermination of rats and other vermin. The sheer scale of these mass exterminations is horrifying. Want to learn more?
ex·ter·mi·nate. (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.
verb. To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats. [VERB noun] They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war. [VERB noun] Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help. [VERB noun]
verb (used with object) , ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing. to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects. Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, abolish, eradicate. exterminate. / ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt /.
Definition of exterminate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Extermination definition: 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.
