Definitions for: Extirpate

[v] remove by surgery, as of an organ
[v] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
[v] pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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,
literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to
extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect;
to extirpate error or heresy.

Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate;
annihilate; extinguish.

Synonyms: deracinate, eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot, uproot

See Also: destroy, destruct, displace, move, remove, take, take away, withdraw

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