extermination

Synonyms

eradication extirpation abolition destruction

Antonyms

settlement replenishment augmentation colonization population propagation increase

Ex*ter`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. extermination.] 1. 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. 2. (Math.) Defn: Elimination. [R.]

extermination - Similar Words

determination termination exterminator undetermination indetermination terminational regermination intermination exterminatory vermination