What does "extirpation" mean?

The act of extirpating or uprooting.

What is a synonym for "extirpation"?

Common synonyms include: excision, ablation, abolishing, abolition, amputation, annihilation.

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Noun

1
The act of extirpating or uprooting. countable, uncountable
"it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices"
2
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence wordnet
3
surgical removal of a body part or tissue wordnet

"it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices"

Learned borrowing from Latin exstirpātiō.