Associations to the word «Extirpate»

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).

Wise words

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