Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun extirpation

2 senses of extirpation

Sense 1
ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision -- (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")

Sense 2
extirpation, excision, deracination -- (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
       => pull, pulling -- (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back")