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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Extirpation \Ex'tir*pa"tion\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
extirpation
noun
1: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: {ablation}, {cutting out}, {excision}]
2: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: {excision}, {deracination}]
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