extirpate
English
WOTD – 14 November 2007
Etymology
From Latin exstirpō (“uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstəpeɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧tir‧pate
Verb
extirpate (third-person singular simple present extirpates, present participle extirpating, simple past and past participle extirpated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
- (transitive) To surgically remove.
Synonyms
- (to pull up by the roots): uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate
- (to destroy completely): annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate
- (to surgically remove): excise
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Related terms
Translations
to pull up by the roots
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to destroy completely
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Further reading
- extirpate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- extirpate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin
Verb
extirpāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of extirpō
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