- 1. n. 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: opted
- 2. n. surgical removal of a body part or tissue Source: wordnet
- 3. n. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence Source: wordnet
- 4. 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
- 5. The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of beingextirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, theextirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race ofmen, of heresy. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence Source: ecdict
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