Associations to the word «Extirpate»
Noun
- Longer
- Pirate
- Specie
- Liberty
- Destruction
- Iowa
- Root
- Rico
- Persecution
- Island
- Slavery
- Specimen
- Wildlife
- Decline
- Dog
- Maine
- Fish
- Maryland
- Nay
- Basin
- Dam
- Tennessee
- Alberta
- Kin
- Connecticut
- Morocco
- Christianity
- Puerto
- Indiana
- Introduction
- Bind
- Remnant
- Enemy
- Prey
- Animal
- Mainland
- Preserve
- Herd
- Humanity
- Sin
- Bird
- Trace
- Locality
- Bear
- Frog
- Virtue
- Concern
- Resist
- Seal
- Ohio
- Error
- Worship
- Turk
- Tributary
- Georgia
- Pig
- Fisher
- Clan
- Pennsylvania
- Dwelling
- Bat
Adjective
Wiktionary
EXTIRPATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
EXTIRPATE, verb. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
EXTIRPATE, verb. (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
EXTIRPATE, verb. (transitive) To surgically remove.
Dictionary definition
EXTIRPATE, verb. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption".
EXTIRPATE, verb. Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden".
EXTIRPATE, verb. Surgically remove (an organ).
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