Meaning & use
Extirpation
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The act of destroying or removing something completely, especially a plant, disease, or population.
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Conservationists studied the extirpation of wolves from the region a century ago.
Doctors recommended surgical extirpation of the tumor.
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In ecology, "extirpation" specifically means local extinction—the species survives elsewhere but disappears from a particular area.
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