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extirpation

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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, published 1973, § 34:
      it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices

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extirpation f (plural extirpations)

  1. extirpation

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