Extirpation Synonyms

ĕk′stər-pā ′ shən
The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. extermination
  2. excision
  3. extinction
  4. ablation
  5. annihilation
  6. cutting-out
  7. deracination

Words Related to Extirpation

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Extirpation Sentence Examples

  • Ziehen has noted exaltation of the jerk to follow extirpation of a cortical centre.

  • Sindhia was overawed and forced to sign the treaty of Gwalior, consenting to aid in the extirpation of the Pindaris, whom he had hitherto protected.

  • In the severest forms of tic doloureux complete relief has followed the extirpation of the Gasserian ganglion.

  • He was bigoted, bloodthirsty and relentless, though one Turkish historian praises his humanity for having forbidden the cutting up alive of condemned persons, or the roasting of them before a slow fire; and at one time he was with difficulty dissuaded from ordering the complete extirpation of all the Christians in Turkey.

  • This, however, is rather a matter of inference from the cessation of all mention of them in local records than from any definite evidence of their extirpation.

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