extirpation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    excision; ablation; cutting out.
  2. noun the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
    excision; deracination.

WordNet

Ex`tir*pa"tion noun
Etymology
L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913