Ĕx'tir-pā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. extirpatio or exstirpatio, Fr. extirpation, Sp. extirpacion, It. estirpazione.] The act of extirpating or rooting out; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil principles from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy. “In apparent danger of utter extirpation.” Warburton.