The verb extirpate originally literally meant "to weed out by the roots." Now you'd use it when you want to get rid of something completely as if pulling it up by the root.
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly;
Verb
surgically remove (an organ)
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pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
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.
Extirpate
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly;
Usage Examples
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