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Meaning of 'extirpate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

Meaning of 'extirpate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extirpate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Example in sentence:
  • root out corruption;
  • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
Meaning (2):
- pull up by or as if by the roots
Example in sentence:
  • uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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