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Noun: extermination  ik,stur-mu'ney-shun
  1. Complete annihilation
    "they think a meteor caused the extermination of the dinosaurs";
    - extinction
     
  2. The act of exterminating
    - liquidation

Derived forms: exterminations

Type of: annihilation, destruction, devastation, disintegration

Encyclopedia: Extermination

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exterior angle
exterior door
exteriorisation
exteriorise
exteriority
exteriorization
exteriorize
exterminable
exterminate
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exterminatory
extern
external
external angle
external auditory canal
external body part
external carotid
external carotid artery
external drive