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English
Pronunciation
Noun
extirpation (countable and uncountable, plural extirpations)
- 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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French
Pronunciation
Noun
extirpation f (plural extirpations)
- extirpation
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