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extermination - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'extermination' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extermination [ n.]
- 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.
- Elimination.

Meaning of 'extermination' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extermination [ n]
Meaning (1):
- complete annihilation
Example in sentence:
  • they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs