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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of extirpating or uprooting. countable, uncountable

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

2. 2
   the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence wordnet
3. 3
   surgical removal of a body part or tissue wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

destructionablationablationabolitionamputationannihilation

Example

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exstirpātiō.

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