Extirpation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of extirpating or rooting out; eradication; excision; total destruction: as, the extirpation of weeds from land; the extirpation of a diseased gland; the extirpation of evil principles from the heart; the extirpation of heresy.
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  • noun. The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction.
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  • noun. The act of extirpating or uprooting.
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  • noun. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
  • noun. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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