exterminations
Complete wiping out
Exterminations are acts of complete destruction or killing, typically of entire populations.
The word most often describes systematic efforts to eliminate pest infestations or, more gravely, the mass killing of people: the Nazi exterminations of Jews and other groups, exterminations of rodents in the warehouse.
The scale implied is total—not reduction but elimination.
Nazi genocide of Jews
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- atrocitiesExtremely cruel acts
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
victims · survivors · Nazi · pogroms · deportations · ghettos · persecution · annihilation
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- infestationPest takeover situation
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
- cockroachesHardy household insect pests
vermin · termites · bedbugs · traps · poison · spraying · eradication · rats
Selective population reduction
- huntingPursuing wild game
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- feralWild after domestication
- bountiesPayments for capture
predators · conservation · ecosystems · trapping · overpopulation · management · rabbits · wolves
Complete elimination of microbes
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
viruses · antibiotics · sanitization · decontamination · elimination · microbes · disease · treatment
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- atrocitiesExtremely cruel acts
systematic · victims · survivors · Nazi · pogroms · deportations · ghettos · persecution · annihilation · genocide
fumigation
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- infestationPest takeover situation
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
cockroaches · vermin · termites · bedbugs · traps · poison · spraying · eradication · rats · mice
culling
Selective population reduction
- huntingPursuing wild game
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- feralWild after domestication
bounties · predators · conservation · ecosystems · trapping · overpopulation · management · rabbits · wolves · coyotes
sterilization
Complete elimination of microbes
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
eradication · viruses · antibiotics · sanitization · decontamination · elimination · microbes · disease · treatment · quarantine
exterminationsproliferations
Rapid increases in quantity
revivals · recoveries · repopulations · restorations · multiplications
exterminationspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
conservations · protections · salvations · rescues · sanctuaries
exterminationscreations
Things made anew
births · generations · procreations · breedings · cultivations
- extermination campsFacilities for mass murder