extermination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: extermination	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for extermination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extermination n complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" Synonym(s): extinction, extermination the act of exterminating Synonym(s): extermination, liquidation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extermination \Exter`mina"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extermination.] 1. 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. 2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]