extirpation

extirpation is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

   Synonyms: deracination, excision

3. noun. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

   Synonyms: ablation, excision

Synonyms

deracination, excision, ablation

Common word forms

extirpations

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