Synonyms of extermination

extermination

noun

as in destruction

the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless

the virtual extermination of the native tribes by the colonizers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destruction
• devastation
• extinction
• havoc
• demolition
• loss
• annihilation
• obliteration
• decimation
• wastage
• ruin
• ruination
• demolishment
• wreckage
• desolation
• slaughter
• depredation
• mincemeat
• collapse
• execution
• massacre
• disintegration
• assassination
• eradication
• killing
• dissolution
• despoliation
• breakup
• despoilment
• dismantlement
• effacement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• construction
• building
• erection
• salvation
• raising
• saving
• rescue
• protection
• preservation
• conservation
• salvage
• restoration
• reclamation
• reconstruction
• renovation
• remodeling
• re-creation
• refurbishment
• regeneracy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extermination

If, after applying these treatment measures and preventative actions, the problem persists, seek professional pest extermination services. — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026

Grossman arrived at Treblinka—which consisted of separate labor and extermination camps—not long after the Germans had killed nearly all the remaining prisoners and withdrawn. — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Some pest control companies might include them in general pest control, whereas others include them in higher-tier plans or offer rat and mouse extermination as an add-on specialty service. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Many extermination companies offer professional spraying services and can send an expert to your house to evaluate the issue. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026

There, something of a muskrat panic resulted in a war of extermination upon the animals starting in the early 1930s. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026

Though the ideas of modern political Zionism long predate the Holocaust, Israel was established by the world community in response to the unimaginable atrocities and extermination perpetrated by the Nazis, who murdered one out of every three Jews on the planet. — Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026

When the ants come marching in, many of us frantically raid our cabinets and garage shelves for any means of immediate extermination. — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026

When members of the crew begin to die, the line between spectacle and extermination starts to blur. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026