mid-15c., "repulsion;" 1540s, "utter destruction, eradication," from Middle French extermination and directly from Latin exterminationem (nominative exterminatio) "ejection, banishment," noun of action from past participle stem of exterminare (see exterminate).
例文
1. All door and window is sealed for the extermination of mosquito.
蚊を退治するために、すべてのドアや窓が閉鎖されています。
2.In doing so they were saved from extermination .
これにより、それらは絶滅を免れた。
3.Children of fourteen were considered/"independent "for purposes of transport to the extermination camps. ユダヤ人を絶滅収容所に運ぶために、14歳の子供は「独立」した人とみなされている。 スピーチの部分から
He will have to perform a tough game， extermination opponents hope.
これによって彼は高難度の球技を次々と上演し、相手の希望を絶滅させることができる。
5.After the extermination of the Jedi ranks,lightsabers became rare relics.