extermination

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations) The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication. Elimination. ==== Synonyms ==== (total destruction): excision ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiōnem. By surface analysis, exterminer +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.stɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === extermination f (plural exterminations) extermination ==== Derived terms ==== camp d'extermination === Further reading === “extermination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012