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Synonyms for extirpation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt


Définition of extirpation

Origin :
  • early 15c., "removal;" 1520s, "rooting out, eradication," from Latin extirpationem/exstirpationem (nominative extirpatio/exstirpatio), noun of action from past participle stem of extirpare/exstirpare "root out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stirps (genitive stirpis) "a root, stock of a tree."
  • noun extermination
Example sentences :
  • Extirpation has been the watchword with which Caucasian Christianity has gone about the world.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The most recent work on extirpation of the spleen for tumours is from Hartmann and Vasquez.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
  • Hundreds of the ablest judges were selected for the extirpation of this crime.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • They may be operated on by means of incision or extirpation.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • Extirpated they may have been, like the Moors of Spain, but extirpation is not apostasy.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • He then and there determined to devote his life to the extirpation of heresy.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
  • But the extirpation was not so thorough as at first appeared.
  • Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery
  • The Turk is not deliberately aiming at the extirpation of his Christian subjects.
  • Extract from : « The Cradle of Mankind » by W.A. Wigram
  • Hundt did not stand533 alone in his advocacy of the extirpation of the Jews.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • Vane had left the colony, and the time was ripe to finish the work of extirpation.
  • Extract from : « The Beginners of a Nation » by Edward Eggleston.

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