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extirpate
 
SYLLABICATION:ex·tir·pate
PRONUNCIATION:  kstr-pt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing, ex·tir·pates
1. To pull up by the roots. 2. To destroy totally; exterminate. See synonyms at abolish. 3. To remove by surgery.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin exstirpre, exstirpt- : ex-, ex- + stirps, root.
OTHER FORMS:extir·pation —NOUN
extir·pative —ADJECTIVE
extir·pator —NOUN
 
 
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