Extirpate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈekstərpeɪt|
Brit.
|ˈekstɜːpeɪt|
verb
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots (syn: eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot)
- pull up by or as if by the roots (syn: deracinate, root out, uproot)
- surgically remove (an organ)
- pull up by or as if by the roots (syn: deracinate, root out, uproot)
- surgically remove (an organ)
Extra examples
...the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: extirpate
he/she/it: extirpates
present participle: extirpating
past tense: extirpated
past participle: extirpated
I/you/we/they: extirpate
he/she/it: extirpates
present participle: extirpating
past tense: extirpated
past participle: extirpated
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