extirpation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

extirpation (countable and uncountable, plural extirpations)

1. 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

Translations

the act of extirpating

• Bulgarian: изкореняване (bg) n (izkorenjavane)
• Catalan: extirpació (ca) f
• Dutch: uitroeiing (nl) f
• German: Ausrottung (de) f
• Greek: εκρίζωση (el) f (ekrízosi)

• Ido: extirpo (io)
• Maori: whakamōtītanga
• Portuguese: extirpação (pt) f
• Spanish: extirpación f