Definition of extirpate Extirpate
/ɛˈkstɚpejˌt/ - [eksterpeyt] - ex•tir•pate
We found 13 definitions of extirpate from 6 different sources.
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What does extirpate mean?
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| extirpate - surgically remove (an organ) | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| surgery a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" | ||
| extirpate - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" | ||
| uproot, deracinate, root out | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| stub strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" | ||
| extirpate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" | ||
| uproot, eradicate, root out, exterminate | ||
| destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- extirpate (Verb)
To clear an area of roots and stumps. - extirpate (Verb)
To pull up by the roots; uproot. - extirpate (Verb)
To destroy completely; to annihilate. - extirpate (Verb)
To surgically remove.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- extirpate (v. t.)
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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extirpate
To surgically remove. -
extirpate
To destroy completely leaving no trace. -
extirpate
To pull up by the roots.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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extirpate
eks′tėr-pāt, v.t. to root out: to destroy totally: to exterminate—(obs.) Extirp′.—adj. Extirp′able.—ns. Extirpā′tion, extermination: total destruction; Extirp′ator.—adj. Extirp′atory. [L. exstirpāre, -ātum—ex, out, and stirps, a root.]
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🔤- extirpate, verb, present, 1st person singular of extirpate (infinitive).
- extirpate, verb (infinitive).
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