(~s, exterminating, ~d)
To ~ a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
A huge effort was made to ~ the rats...
VERB: V n
extermination
...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their countrymen.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n, N n
(~s, exterminating, ~d)
To ~ a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
A huge effort was made to ~ the rats...
VERB: V n
extermination
...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their countrymen.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n, N n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012