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What does extirpation mean?

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  1. The act of extirpating or uprooting.
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The non-target species compete with or predate on native populations, leading to their extirpation.
He then and there determined to devote his life to the extirpation of heresy.
The most recent work on extirpation of the spleen for tumours is from Hartmann and Vasquez.
In lepidopterans, extirpation of imaginal wing discs in the final instar delays pupation in order for the larva to regenerate lost tissue.
Extirpated they may have been, like the Moors of Spain, but extirpation is not apostasy.
Reed briefly reviewed different methods for assessing susceptibility to extirpation for scoring conservation priorities.

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