extermination

UK: /ɪkˌstɜː^rmɪˈneɪʃ^ən/ US: /ɪkˌstɝməˈneɪʃən/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•ter•mi•nate /ɪkˈstɜrməˌneɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 

1. to get rid of by destroying:
   to exterminate insect pests.

ex•ter•mi•na•tion /ɪkˌstɜrməˈneɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
ex•ter•mi•na•tor, n. [countable] See -term-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•ter•mi•nate  (ik stûr′mə nāt′), v.t., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 

1. to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally;
   extirpate:
   to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.

• Latin exterminātus, past participle of extermināre to extermine; see -ate¹
• 1535–45

ex•ter•mi•na•ble  (ik stûr′mə nə bəl), adj.  ex•ter′mi•na′tion, n. 
Synonyms

eradicate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate.