Extirpation

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  • n. The act of extirpating or uprooting.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
  • n. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pull    pulling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eradication    excision   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    extermination    eradication    overthrow    annihilation    subjugation    obliteration    enslavement    suppression    subversion    expropriation   
     
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