extirpation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: extirpation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extirpation n surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision] the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence Synonym(s): extirpation, excision, deracination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extirpation \Ex`tirpa"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.