extermination

noun

ex·​ter·​mi·​na·​tion

(ˌ)ekˌ-

plural -s

1

[Middle English exterminacioun (influenced in meaning by Latin exterminare to banish), from Late Latin extermination-, exterminatio annihilation, destruction] obsolete : banishment, expulsion

2

: the act of exterminating or the condition of being exterminated : total destruction : eradication, annihilation

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin extermination-, exterminatio, from Latin exterminatus + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for extermination

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration