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extermination (n.)

mid-15c., "repulsion;" 1540s, "utter destruction, eradication," from Middle French extermination and directly from Latin exterminationem (nominative exterminatio) "ejection, banishment," noun of action from past-participle stem of exterminare "drive out, expel, put aside, drive beyond boundaries," also, in Late Latin "destroy," from phrase ex termine "beyond the boundary," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + termine, ablative of termen "boundary, limit, end" (see terminus).

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Definitions of extermination from WordNet

extermination (n.)
complete annihilation;
Synonyms: extinction
extermination (n.)
the act of exterminating;
Synonyms: liquidation
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