Added 9 October 2026
extermination
noun
Latin root: exterminātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about extermination at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Complete annihilation.
they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
- The act of exterminating.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.
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