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  • noun Plural form of extirpation.

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Examples

  • Women wrote to their surgeons in admiration and awe, begging them not to spare their surgical extirpations, as if surgery were an anagogical ritual that would simultaneously rid them of cancer and uplift them into health.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Women wrote to their surgeons in admiration and awe, begging them not to spare their surgical extirpations, as if surgery were an anagogical ritual that would simultaneously rid them of cancer and uplift them into health.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And authentic looniness looms when Remy and Beth (Alice Braga), the extensively transplanted and retrofitted girl he is trying to save, perform grisly extirpations on one another.

    'Greenberg': Losers' Winning Love Story Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • There was no stripping of nodes, no cracking or excavation of clavicles, no extirpations that stretched into six or eight hours.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • There was no stripping of nodes, no cracking or excavation of clavicles, no extirpations that stretched into six or eight hours.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • There was no stripping of nodes, no cracking or excavation of clavicles, no extirpations that stretched into six or eight hours.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • And authentic looniness looms when Remy and Beth (Alice Braga), the extensively transplanted and retrofitted girl he is trying to save, perform grisly extirpations on one another.

    'Greenberg': Losers' Winning Love Story Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • And authentic looniness looms when Remy and Beth (Alice Braga), the extensively transplanted and retrofitted girl he is trying to save, perform grisly extirpations on one another.

    'Greenberg': Losers' Winning Love Story Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • Women wrote to their surgeons in admiration and awe, begging them not to spare their surgical extirpations, as if surgery were an anagogical ritual that would simultaneously rid them of cancer and uplift them into health.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Changes being made to ecosystems are increasing the likelihood of “surprises” in the future, such as pest and disease breakouts, catastrophic floods, or species extirpations.

    Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry~ What We Know 2008

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