Extermination order

An extermination order is an order given by a government sanctioning mass removal or death. The term is often associated with genocide.

Extermination orders were issued in conjunction with the following events:


 * Armenian genocide
 * California Genocide
 * The Holocaust, which did not have an extermination order, involved the extermination of millions of Jews
 * Extermination camp, also known as "death camp"
 * Missouri Executive Order 44, often called the "Mormon Extermination Order" (alt. "exterminating order") within the Latter Day Saint movement
 * The Order of Extermination of the Nayars by Tippu Sultan during Mysore's invasion of Kerala.

Extermination orders can also include:
 * No quarter, a term that is used when an order is given for the complete extermination of an enemy, without accepting any offer of surrender
 * Decimation (Roman army), a punishment in the Roman Army