Noun: extermination ik,stur-mu'ney-shun
- Complete annihilation
"they think a meteor caused the extermination of the dinosaurs";
- extinction
- The act of exterminating
"The extermination of the pest infestation was necessary";
- liquidation
Derived forms: exterminations
Type of: annihilation, destruction, devastation, disintegration
Encyclopedia: Extermination