Found 2 items, similar to extirpation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: extirpation extirpation n 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Extirpation Extirpation \Ex`tir*pa"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. [1913 Webster]