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extirpate

[ ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing.
  1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
  2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up:

    to extirpate an unwanted hair.



extirpate

/ ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt /

verb

  1. to remove or destroy completely
  2. to pull up or out; uproot
  3. to remove (an organ or part) surgically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌextirˈpation, noun
  • ˈextirˌpator, noun
  • ˈextirˌpative, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ex·tir·pa·tion [ek-ster-, pey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ex·tir·pa·tive adjective
  • ex·tir·pa·tor noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of extirpate1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ex(s)tirpātus “plucked up by the stem” (past participle of ex(s)tirpāre ), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + stirp- (stem of stirps ) “stem” + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of extirpate1

C16: from Latin exstirpāre to root out, from stirps root, stock
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Example Sentences

Future nations will know by history only that the loathsome small-pox has existed and by you has been extirpated.

From Time

Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott has revamped the HR operation and strived to open lines of communication, though the climate of paranoia instilled by late network founder Roger Ailes will take years to extirpate.

He had, moreover, the adroitness to extirpate that rivalry which alone destroys all united effort.

After a reaction Louis renewed his efforts to extirpate the iniquity, and his son Philip continued to inflict severe penalties.

Many causes have combined to extirpate the shy and spirited fish.

One of the most pathetic of human fallacies is the assumption that you have only to pass a law in order to extirpate an evil.

Grant us to extirpate these impious Mahometans, and to overturn their empire.

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