About The Word Extirpate

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Extirpate

Extirpate Meaning & Definition
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.

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