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extermination

Divide extermination into syllables:

ex · ter · mi · na · tion

How to pronounce extermination:

Synonyms for extermination:

annihilation
decimation
demolishment
demolition
destruction
devastation
elimination
eradication
ethnic cleansing
extinction
extirpation
genocide
havoc
killing
liquidation
loss
mass murder
massacre
murder
obliteration
ruin
ruination
slaughter
wastage
wiping out

Antonyms for extermination:

accomplishment
achievement
architecture
birth
building
conception
constitution
constructing
construction
creation
development
erecting
erection
establishment
fabricating
fabrication
fashioning
fixing
formation
forming
foundation
generation
improvement
invention
levitation
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