Ex-těr'mi-nā'tion, n.
n. [Fr. extermination, Sp. exterminacion, It. esterminazione.]
Sense 1. The act of exterminating; total expulsion or destruction; eradication; extirpation; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
Sense 2. (Math.) A taking away, as of unknown quantities, from an equation; elimination.