Definitions | extirpate |
| verb (extirpat, ing)
- (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
- (transitive) To surgically remove.
Etymology: From (term, exstirpo, exstirpÅ, uproot) < ex- "out of" + stirp- "roots"
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