extirpate

  • 1Extirpate — Ex tir*pate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extirpated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extirpating}.] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate,… …

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  • 2extirpate — I verb abolish, annihilate, annul, blast, blot out, bring to ruin, cancel, consume, cut down, deal destruction, demolish, deracinate, desolate, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, do away with, efface, eliminate, end, eradicare, eradicate,… …

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  • 3extirpate — (v.) 1530s, usually figurative, from L. extirpatus/exstirpatus, pp. of extirpare/exstirpare (see EXTIRPATION (Cf. extirpation)). Related: Extirpated; extirpating …

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  • 4extirpate — *exterminate, eradicate, uproot, deracinate, wipe Analogous words: extinguish, *abolish, annihilate: obliterate, efface, expunge, *erase, blot out: *destroy, demolish, raze Contrasted words: propagate, *generate, engender, breed …

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  • 5extirpate — [v] destroy; uproot abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out*, cut out, demolish, deracinate, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, excise, expunge, exsect, exterminate, extinguish, kill, raze, remove, root out, wipe out*; concepts 211,252 Ant. help,… …

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  • 6extirpate — ► VERB ▪ search out and destroy completely. DERIVATIVES extirpation noun extirpator noun. ORIGIN Latin exstirpare, from stirps a stem …

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  • 7extirpate — [eks′tər pāt΄; ] also [ ek stʉr′pāt΄] vt. extirpated, extirpating [< L extirpatus, pp. of extirpare, exstirpare, to root out < ex , out + stirps, lower part of a tree, root < IE base * ster , stiff > STARE, STARVE, STARK] 1. to pull… …

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  • 8extirpate — UK [ˈekstɜː(r)peɪt] / US [ˈekstɜrˌpeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms extirpate : present tense I/you/we/they extirpate he/she/it extirpates present participle extirpating past tense extirpated past participle extirpated very formal to completely… …

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  • 9extirpate — extirpation, n. extirpative, adj. extirpator, n. /ek steuhr payt , ik sterr payt/, v.t., extirpated, extirpating. 1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an… …

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  • 10extirpate — transitive verb ( pated; pating) Etymology: Latin exstirpatus, past participle of exstirpare, from ex + stirp , stirps trunk, root Date: 1535 1. a. to destroy completely ; wipe out b. to pull up by the root 2. to cut out by surgery Synonym …

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