1. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
   - ablation, cutting out, excision 
2. The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
   - excision, deracination

Derived forms: extirpations

See also: extirpate

Type of: op, operation, pull, pulling, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Encyclopedia: Extirpation

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