different between extermination vs exterminate

English

Etymology

From Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations)

1. The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication

   the total extermination of a people

   extermination of error or vice

   extermination of weeds from a field

2. Elimination.

Synonyms

• (total destruction): excision

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extermin?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exterminer +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.st??.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

extermination f (plural exterminations)

1. extermination

Derived terms

• camp d'extermination

Further reading

• “extermination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin extermin?tus, perfect passive participle of extermin?, itself from ex- + termin? (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/

Verb

exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)

1. (transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.

   The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

Synonyms

• (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot
• (to bring an end to): stamp out
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Derived terms

Related terms

• terminate
• termination
• terminator

Translations

Latin

Verb

extermin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of extermin?