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extirpate

/'/E/kst/@/r,p/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    verb.creation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. pull up by or as if by the roots

    verb.contact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. surgically remove (an organ)

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. 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.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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