extermination

Questions about extermination

What does extermination mean?

extermination means "complete annihilation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in extermination?

extermination has 5 syllables: ex-ter-mi-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ɪkˌstɝməˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for extermination?

Close synonyms include extinction, liquidation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is extermination a common word?

extermination is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with extermination?

73 words rhyme with extermination. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.