Another word for extinguishment | Synonyms for extinguishment

Another word for extinguishment

noun

Utter destruction:
annihilation, eradication, extermination, extinction, extirpation, liquidation, obliteration. See crimes, help, make
(Law)
An often formal act of putting an end to:
abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, voidance. (Law) avoidance. See continue

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The Indians, however, resisted measures looking toward the extinguishment of their claims to the country.
3 Among important but secondary measures of his second administration were the extinguishment of Indian titles, and promotion of Indian emigration to lands beyond the Mississippi; reorganization of the militia; fortification of the seaports; reduction of the public debt; and a simultaneous reduction of taxes.

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