Extirpate

  • 21extirpate — ex·tir·pate …

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  • 22extirpate — ex•tir•pate [[t]ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt[/t]] v. t. pat•ed, pat•ing 1) to remove or destroy totally; exterminate 2) srg 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… …

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  • 23extirpate — /ˈɛkstɜpeɪt / (say eksterpayt), / stə / (say stuh ) verb (t) (extirpated, extirpating) 1. to remove utterly; destroy totally; exterminate; do away with. 2. to pull up by the roots; root up. {Latin ex(s)tirpātus, past participle, rooted out}… …

  • 24extirpate —   v.t. destroy; banish; uproot.    ♦ extirpation,    ♦ extirpator, n.    ♦ extirpative,    ♦ extirpatory, a …

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  • 25extirpate — v.tr. root out; destroy completely. Derivatives: extirpation n. extirpator n. Etymology: L exstirpare exstirpat (as EX (1), stirps stem) …

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  • 26Extirpated — Extirpate 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… …

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  • 27Extirpating — Extirpate 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… …

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  • 28extirpation — extirpate ► VERB ▪ search out and destroy completely. DERIVATIVES extirpation noun extirpator noun. ORIGIN Latin exstirpare, from stirps a stem …

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  • 29extirpator — extirpate ► VERB ▪ search out and destroy completely. DERIVATIVES extirpation noun extirpator noun. ORIGIN Latin exstirpare, from stirps a stem …

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  • 30exterminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abolish, destroy, annihilate; extirpate, eradicate, root out. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annihilate, eradicate, abolish, extirpate, destroy, wipe out, slaughter, kill off; see also… …

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