averruncation

noun2

1. •
   Eradication, uprooting.
2. •
   (no longer used, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).

   • Quest[ion]. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull ? Answ[er]. [etc.] — 1649