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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋєkstZˏpet,IkˋstFpet 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊekstәːpeit 〕


Overview of verb extirpate

The verb extirpate has 3 senses


  • uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate -- (destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption")

  • uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out -- (pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden")

  • extirpate -- (surgically remove (an organ))