Extirpation

Definition:

• (n.) 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.

Compare extirpation with other words:

extinction vs. extirpation

extirpation vs. obliterate

extirpation vs. extirpative

extirpate vs. extirpation