Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-TIR-PA'TION
EX-TIR-PA'TION, n.
The act of rooting out; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land; the extirpation of evil principles from the heart; the extirpation of a race of men; the extirpation of heresy.
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