extirpation
noun[U]
formaluk/ˌek.stɜːˈpeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.stɚˈpeɪ.ʃən/theactofremovingordestroyingsomethingcompletely:
Even bobcats havesufferedlocaldeclinesand extirpations in someareas.
Twopatientsalso hadlaserextirpationoftheirtumours.
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extirpate
- Otters werehuntedto extirpationthroughouttheareain the early 20thcentury.
- The extirpation ofculturethen wenthandinglovewith thetheftoflandfrom thenativepeople.
- This extirpation and thisexpulsionis acrimeagainst thenationand acrimeagainsthumanity.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- knock
- sacrifice
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- takesomethingout
- tear