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Synonyms for extermination
noun annihilationbloodshed
noun. slaughter
death
noun. end of life
- afterlife
- annihilation
- bereavement
- casualty
- cessation
- curtains
- darkness
- decease
- demise
- departure
- destruction
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- end
- ending
- eradication
- eternal rest
- euthanasia
- exit
- expiration
- extermination
- extinction
- fatality
- finis
- finish
- grave
- grim reaper
- heaven
- loss
- mortality
- necrosis
- obliteration
- oblivion
- paradise
- parting
- passing
- passing over
- quietus
- release
- repose
- ruin
- ruination
- silence
- sleep
- termination
- tomb
deaths
noun. end of life
- afterlife
- annihilation
- bereavement
- casualty
- cessation
- curtains
- darkness
- decease
- demise
- departure
- destruction
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- end
- ending
- eradication
- eternal rest
- euthanasia
- exit
- expiration
- extermination
- extinction
- fatality
- finis
- finish
- grave
- grim reaper
- heaven
- loss
- mortality
- necrosis
- obliteration
- oblivion
- paradise
- parting
- passing
- passing over
- quietus
- release
- repose
- ruin
- ruination
- silence
- sleep
- termination
- tomb
defeat
noun. overthrow, beating
- KO
- ambush
- annihilation
- beating
- blow
- break
- breakdown
- check
- collapse
- conquest
- count
- debacle
- defeasance
- destruction
- discomfiture
- downthrow
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- extermination
- failure
- fall
- insuccess
- killing
- lacing
- licking
- loss
- massacre
- mastery
- nonsuccess
- paddling
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- scalping
- setback
- shellacking
- slaughter
- subjugation
- thrashing
- trap
- trashing
- trimming
- triumph
- trouncing
- vanquishment
- waxing
- whaling
- whipping
- whitewashing
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