extermination
noun
[ ɪkˌstəːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]
• killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
• "the near extermination of the buffalo herds"
Similar:
killing,
murder,
assassination,
putting to death,
doing to death,
execution,
dispatch,
slaughter,
massacre,
genocide,
taking of someone's life,
homicide,
manslaughter,
liquidation,
elimination,
destruction,
eradication,
annihilation,
wiping out,
extinction,
slaying,
