intermination

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noun

A menace or threat.

OriginLatin interminatio →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounintermination (plural interminations)

plural interminations

  1. obsoleteA menace or threat.

    The terrors of the law were the intermination of curses upon all those that ever broke any of the least commandments

    1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latininterminatio
  2. Englishintermination

Latin interminatio.

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APA

intermination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermination

MLA

“intermination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermination. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intermination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermination.

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