Associations to the word «Extirpate»

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.

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).