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Webster 1913 Edition

Extirpation

Exˊtir-pa′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
extirpatio
,
exstirpatio
: cf. F.
extirpation
.]
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 1828 Edition

Extirpation

EXTIRPA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of rooting out; eradication; excision; total destruction; as the extirpation of weeds from land; the extirpation of evil principles from the heart; the extirpation of a race of men; the extirpation of heresy.

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