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extirpate Definition


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extirpate
verb extirpated, extirpating
    1. formal
      To destroy completely.
      Thesaurus: exterminate, abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, remove, root out, wipe out.
    2. formal
      To uproot.
    3. surgery.
      To remove completely.
Derivative: extirpation
noun
    Derivative: extirpator
    noun
      Derivative: extirpatory
      adj
        Etymology: 16c: from Latin exstirpare to tear up by the roots, from stirps root or stock.



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