All extinguishment synonyms

noun extinguishment

• annihilation — the act of annihilating
• decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
• destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
• elimination — The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
• eradication — The complete destruction of something.
• excision — The deletion of some text during editing.
• extermination — Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
• extinction — The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct.
• genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
• liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
• obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
• slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
• abolition — The abolition of something such as a system or practice is its formal ending.
• abolishment — to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery.
• abrogation — the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.
• annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• cancelation — an act of canceling.
• cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
• ending — An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
• invalidation — to render invalid; discredit.
• nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
• rescinding — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
• termination — the act of terminating.
• voidance — the act of voiding.