extirpation

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extirpation

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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Learned borrowing from Latin exstirpātiō.

noun extirpations

  1. countable, uncountable The act of extirpating or uprooting. it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices

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noun the act of extirpating

Españolextirpación
Portuguêsextirpação
DeutschAusrottung
Ελληνικάεκρίζωση ekrízosi
Русскийэкстирпация ekstirpacija

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@misc{extirpation_2026,
  title = {extirpation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extirpation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}