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

Derived forms: exterminations

Type of: annihilation, destruction, devastation, disintegration

Encyclopedia: Extermination

Nearest

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