extirpation
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
extirpation (countable and uncountable, plural extirpations)
- The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
Translations
the act of extirpating
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