EXTIRPATE

/ˈɛkstəpeɪt/ ► audio Scrabble 18 Words With Friends 19

Definition

  1. verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots. — synonyms: uproot, eradicate, root_out, exterminate
  2. verb pull up by or as if by the roots. — synonyms: uproot, deracinate, root_out
  3. verb surgically remove (an organ).

Examples

  • “The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.”

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