Search Result:extirpate
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))