Extirpation

(noun.) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.

整理:佩吉

• The true remedy for them is not extirpation but prevention. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It was called the Black Death, and it came nearer to the extirpation of mankind than any other evil has ever done. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• By the original law of nations, war and extirpation was the punishment of injury. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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