Extirpation
Pronunciation : Ex`tir*pa"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913