English dictionary
extirpate
/'/E/kst/@/r,p/eI/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
verb
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Source: WordNet 3.0
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pull up by or as if by the roots
Source: WordNet 3.0
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surgically remove (an organ)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to <i>extirpate</i> weeds; to <i>extirpate</i> a tumor; to <i>extirpate</i> a sect; to <i>extirpate</i> error or heresy.
Source: webster1913