extirpate

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Editorial note

I mean It's very hard to extirpate, ... because it's rooted in thousands of years.

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Quick take

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of extirpate gathered in one view.

verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

verb

pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

verb

surgically remove (an organ)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for extirpate.

verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

See also: uproot, eradicate, exterminate

verb

pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

verb

surgically remove (an organ)

Example sentences

I mean It's very hard to extirpate, ... because it's rooted in thousands of years.

I somehow extirpate the thought by breathing it out into the vault, which I then lock and push off the cliff.

It's an amazing account of the coyote's spread across the continent in the face of extreme pressure to extirpate it in the west.

This whole thread is further evidence that off-topic articles should be ruthlessly extirpated.

But if what one hears is true, then Elizabeth asked the gaoler to murder Mary, and William III ordered his Scots minister to extirpate a clan.

Some of the First nations in the area are descended from the Thule, who migrated from Siberia and extirpated the Dorset after the date of the most recent of these finds.

However, it has become deeply entrenched not only in our business culture but also our political culture, so it would be quite difficult to extirpate.

I think any normal person would agree --but I would have to disagree with saying that to combat sexual harassment it's necessary to extirpate sex from people's conversations at work.

You would hang a man of no position, like Ravaillac; but if what one hears is true, then Elizabeth asked the gaoler to murder Mary, and William III ordered his Scots minister to extirpate a clan.

> Of note is how smallpox was used as a weapon: "You will do well to try to inoculate the Indians, by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this execrable race.

One of the interesting things about California is that even though humans have stepped all over the ecology of the American West, that hasn't been going on long enough to extirpate literally every wild species.

How about disarm the police and legalize all now prohibited fun-time activities which the american puritanical streak requires we punish and extirpate ...funny how an ex-cop thinks the WAY cops buy guns can change the game, totally retarded

Let's supress political dissidents, as well; "they" could be dangerous for "us".Look, most of what is deemed "intolerant" or "offensive" isn't a clear-cut example of an existential threat to anyone or an evident danger one has to extirpate before it's too late.

Now, when he made rum, he said, ‘Let this be for the Indians to get drunk with,’ and it must be so.“And, indeed, if it be the design of Providence to extirpate these savages in order to make room for cultivators of the earth, it seems not improbable that rum may be the appointed means.