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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of plucking up by the roots, or the state of being plucked up by the roots; extirpation.
  2. n. Hence Complete destruction or removal in general.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
  2. n. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
  2. n. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the complete destruction of every trace of something

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