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extermination

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪkˌstɜː^rmɪˈneɪʃ^ən/US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪkˌstɝməˈneɪʃən/

ex•ter•mi•nate /ɪkˈstɜrməˌneɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing.

to get rid of by destroying: to exterminate insect pests.

ex•ter•mi•na•tion /ɪkˌstɜrməˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
ex•ter•mi•na•tor, n. [countable]See -term-.

ex•ter•mi•nate (ik stûr′mə nāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -nat•ed, -nat•ing.

to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally;
extirpate:to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.

Latin exterminātus, past participle of extermināre to extermine; see -ate¹
1535–45

ex•ter′mi•na′tion, n.

eradicate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate.

'extermination' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Eichmann - pogrom - Sachs - deratization - genocide - literal - massacre - self-extermination

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