Word
Extirpate
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
ex-tir-pate
Definition
- v. t. - 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.
- verb - Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- verb - Pull up by or as if by the roots
- verb - Surgically remove (an organ)
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