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extirpation English

Meaning extirpation meaning

What does extirpation mean?

— noun the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence — noun (= ablation) surgical removal of a body part or tissue

What other words have the same or similar meaning as extirpation?

eradication excision destruction extermination uprooting obliteration deracination cutting out ablation weeding tearing down stripping off rejection putting an end laying waste evulsion elimination disposal annihilation act of uprooting