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Meanings of war of extermination in English

Spanish
guerra de exterminio

Type of war in which the goal is the complete annihilation of a state, a people or an ethnic minority.

guerra de exterminio
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Examples for "war of annihilation"
Examples for "war of annihilation"
1
This is a war of annihilation.'
Hitler 1936 - 1945: Nemesis
2
The ideological objective of eradicating 'Jewish-Bolshevism' was central, not peripheral, to what had been deliberately designed as a ' war of annihilation'.
Hitler 1936 - 1945: Nemesis
3
Our war was pretty desperate but theirs was a war of annihilation -victory or death was not an empty slogan.
Broken Homes
Usage of war of extermination in English
1
There follows a war of extermination with unconscionable cruelties on both sides.
All souls' rising
2
A general war of extermination may sweep from Sonoma to San Diego.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
3
These little pictures portray our war of extermination against the red man.
Banzai! by Parabellum
4
The collection of tithes became an impossibility without a war of extermination.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
5
This was to be a war of extermination of one side or the other.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
6
This shall be a war of extermination, depend upon it.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
7
Since leaving South America we have heard that this war of extermination completely failed.
The Voyage of the Beagle
8
There is a strong feeling in my mind that this is a war of extermination.
In the Track of the Troops
9
You see, the Mexicans won't kill outright in their war of extermination of the Yaquis.
Desert Gold
10
In fact, Philip had found this war of extermination too expensive for his exhausted treasury.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
11
On both sides it was a war of extermination.
The Tiger Hunter
12
Only a war of extermination will serve your purpose.
For Love of Country: A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the ...
13
An Indian war of extermination is a horrible possibility.
The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail
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And he threatened a war of extermination if the Indians were employed in resisting the invasion.
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation. V...
15
Alexis resolved to combine Christian Europe, if possible, in a war of extermination against the Turks.
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
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Another proposed to employ the sealers-menwho had waged a war of extermination with great success.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II
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