EXTIRPATING
Scrabble letter values: E1X8T1I1R1P3A1T1I1N1G2 = 21
Definition
EXTIRPATING is the present participle of EXTIRPATE.
verb EXTIRPATE: destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
Synonyms of EXTIRPATE: uproot, eradicate, root_out, exterminate
Examples
- “The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.”