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Webster 1913 Edition

Extermination

Ex-terˊmi-na′tion

,
Noun.
[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.)
Elimination.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Extermination

EXTERMINA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of exterminating; total expulsion or destruction; eradication; extirpation; excision; as the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
1.
In algebra, a taking away.

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