Extirpation synonyms

ĕk′stər-pā ′ shən

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extinction
A progressive decrease in the strength of a conditioned response, often resulting in its elimination, because of withdrawal of a specific stimulus.
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liquidation
The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
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extirpate (related)
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annihilation
(Physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
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eradication
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
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obliteration
The total destruction of something
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ablation
The process by which snow and ice are removed from a glacier or other mass of ice. Ablation typically occurs through melting, sublimation, wind erosion, or calving. &diamf3; The ablation zone is the area of a glacier that has the lowest elevation, where annual water loss is greater than the annual accumulation of snow.
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extermination
The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
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destruction (related)
Destruction is defined as the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something.
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extinguishment
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
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crimes (related)
Plural form of crime
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make (related)
The way in which something is made; style; build
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excision
(Topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.
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cutting-out
surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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enslavement (related)
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help (related)
Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
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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.

  • John Adams declared his abhorrence of the practice of slaveholding, and said that " every measure of prudence ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States."

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

  • Nasr warned the Arabs against their common enemy, "who preaches a religion that does not come from the Envoy of God, and whose chief aim is the extirpation of the Arabs."

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