extirpation

extirpation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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, 1973. § 34.

     it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices

Translations

the act of extirpating

Bengali: উকারানো (ukarano) Bulgarian: изкореняване (bg) n (izkorenjavane) Catalan: extirpació (ca) f Dutch: uitroeiing (nl) f German: Ausrottung (de) f Greek: εκρίζωση (el) f (ekrízosi) Ido: extirpo (io) Maori: whakamōtītanga Portuguese: extirpação (pt) f Spanish: extirpación (es) f

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

extirpation f (plural extirpations)

1. extirpation

Further reading

• “extirpation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.