ikˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnāshən, (ˌ)ekˌ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Latin extermination-, exterminatio, from Latin exterminatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
[Middle English exterminacioun (influenced in meaning by Latin exterminare to banish), from Late Latin extermination-, exterminatio annihilation, destruction]
obsolete : banishment , expulsion
2. : the act of exterminating or the condition of being exterminated : total destruction : eradication , annihilation