EXTIRPATION

extirpation. Extirpation, n. the act of rooting out, destruction

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Ex′tir‐pa″tion (?), n. [[L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.]] 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.