extermination

(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.

Related Terms

Examples of extermination in the following topics:

  • Genocide

    • Extermination:"It is 'extermination' to the killers because they do not believe their victims to be fully human".