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extermination

noun as in annihilation

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Some say it’s time for an extermination program.

In an August 1946 “German attitude scale” survey, 37 percent agreed that “the extermination of the Jews and Poles and other non-Aryan races was necessary for the security of Germany.”

From Salon

Its only use was to fulfill the "Final Solution" as far as possible — that being the extermination of Europe's Jewish population — as well as to murder millions of other camp inmates.

From Salon

Mexican authorities have rejected the notion that the site was an “extermination camp,” labeling it a training facility.

Whatever they conclude, though, the media in Mexico is calling the Izaguirre Ranch an "extermination" site.

From BBC

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