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1. (v.t.) extirpate
to remove or destroy totally; exterminate.
2. extirpate
to pull up by or as if by the roots.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L ex(s)tirpātus, ptp. of ex(s)tirpāre to dig up by the roots =ex-ex -1+-stirpāre, der. of stirps root, stump)
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1. (verb) uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
2. (verb) uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
pull up by or as if by the roots
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
3. (verb) extirpate
surgically remove (an organ)
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1. (verb) extirpate
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
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