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Extirpate

Extirpate Definition And Meaning
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.

Extirpate Definition And Meaning

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"

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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