'Extirpation' definitions:

Definition of 'extirpation'

noun

Surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision]

noun

The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]

From: GCIDE

Extirpation \Ex`tir*pa"tion\, n. [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy. [1913 Webster]