extermination

/eks,tə:mi'neiʃn/

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of exterminating: The action of destroying or killing something completely, especially a group of living beings.
   • Complete annihilation: The state of being completely wiped out or destroyed.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The extermination of the pests was necessary to save the crops.
  • The treaty aimed to prevent the extermination of the species.
  • Historians study the extermination of entire populations during the war.

Advanced Usage

• "Campaign of extermination": A systematic, organized effort to completely destroy a group.
  • The regime was accused of a brutal campaign of extermination against its political opponents.
• "Risk of extermination": The danger of being completely wiped out.
  • The small tribe faces a serious risk of extermination due to disease and loss of habitat.

Variants and Related Words

• Exterminate (verb): To destroy completely.
  • The government launched a program to exterminate the invasive insects.
• Exterminator (noun): A person or thing that exterminates, often a professional who eliminates pests.
  • We had to call an exterminator to deal with the termites.

Synonyms

• Annihilation: Complete destruction.
• Eradication: The complete removal or destruction of something.
• Extinction: The state or process of a species, family, or larger group ceasing to exist.

Related Phrases

• "Bring to extermination": To cause the complete destruction of something. (Formal/Literary)
  • The conflict brought the ancient city to extermination.
• "On the brink of extermination": Very close to being completely destroyed.
  • The conservation program works to save animals on the brink of extermination.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of exterminating
2. complete annihilation
   • they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs

Từ đồng nghĩa

• liquidation
• extinction