About The Word Extirpate
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Extirpate
Extirpate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Extirpate?
[v] remove by surgery, as of an organ
[v] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" [v] pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" Synonyms | Synonyms for Extirpate: deracinate | eradicate | exterminate | root out | uproot | uproot Related Terms | Find terms related to Extirpate: abate | abolish | abscind | amputate | annihilate | ban | bar | blot | bob | clip | crop | cull | cut | cut away | cut off | cut out | deracinate | dock | eliminate | enucleate | eradicate | except | excise | exclude | exterminate | extinguish | isolate | knock off | liquidate | lop | mutilate | nip | pare | peel | pick out | prune | purge | remove | root out | root up | rule out | set apart | set aside | shave | shear | stamp out | strike off | strip | strip off | sweep away | take off | take out | truncate | uproot | wipe out See Also | destroy | destruct | displace | move | remove | take | take away | withdraw Extirpate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"tir*pate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Extirpated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extirpating}.] [L. extirpatus,
exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips
stock, stem, root.]
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate,
literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to
extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect;
to extirpate error or heresy.
Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate;
annihilate; extinguish.
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