extermination
noun /ɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/
/ɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- the act of killing all the members of a group of people or animals
灭绝;根除;消灭;毁灭 - the extermination of rats and other vermin
消灭老鼠和其他有害动物 - The sheer scale of these mass exterminations is horrifying.
这些大规模屠杀的规模令人震惊。
- the extermination of rats and other vermin