Complete Definition of "extirpation"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
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  1. The act of extirpate|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

trans-top|the act of extirparting
Portuguese: t|pt|extirpação|m
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