English dictionary

extirpation

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

surgical removal of a body part or tissue

noun.act

Synonyms ablation cutting out excision

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

noun.act

Synonyms deracination excision

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the <i>extirpation</i> of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.

noun

Source: webster1913