EXTIRPATE
\ɛkstˈɜːpe͡ɪt], \ɛkstˈɜːpeɪt], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɜː_p_eɪ_t]\
Definitions of EXTIRPATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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surgically remove (an organ)
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To root out; destroy; exterminate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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