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extirpateex‧tir‧pate /ˈekstɜːpeɪt $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive] extirpateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin exstirpatus, past participle of exstirpare, from stirps ‘root’ VERB TABLEextirpate |
Present | I, you, we, they | extirpate | | he, she, it | extirpates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | extirpated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have extirpated | | he, she, it | has extirpated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had extirpated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will extirpate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have extirpated |
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Present | I | am extirpating | | he, she, it | is extirpating | | you, we, they | are extirpating | Past | I, he, she, it | was extirpating | | you, we, they | were extirpating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been extirpating | | he, she, it | has been extirpating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been extirpating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be extirpating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been extirpating |
- Nor did it ever completely disappear, despite repeated attempts to extirpate it.
formal to completely destroy something that is unpleasant or unwanted |