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from The Century Dictionary.

noun The act of exterminating; total expulsion or destruction; eradication; extirpation: as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
noun In algebra, the process of causing to disappear, as unknown quantities from an equation; elimination.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision.
noun (Math.), rare Elimination.

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noun 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.
noun Elimination.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun complete annihilation
noun the act of exterminating

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exterminate +‎ -ion

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Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

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Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

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Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

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Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

Lives in Balance-Jim Gillett 2010
Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

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Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

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Anyone preaching extermination is ignorant of how ecosystems work.

Wisconsin Wolves Kill Hunting Dogs 2009
Anyone preaching extermination is ignorant of how ecosystems work.

Wisconsin Wolves Kill Hunting Dogs 2009
To throw a whole ecosystem out of whack for our pleasure, especially by way of extermination is foolish.

Coyotes, Wolves, and Respect for Wildlife 2009
Despite its rather idyllic sounding name (birch tree meadow), Birkenau housed gas chambers and four crematoria and therefore served as the main extermination unit of Auschwitz.

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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