EXTIRPATION

extirpation, excision, deracination

(noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision

(noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

extirpation (countable and uncountable, plural extirpations)

The act of extirpating or uprooting.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex`tir*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.]

Definition: The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SHEET

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