extirpate

ex·tir·pate

E0298400 (ĕk′stər-pāt′)tr.v. ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing, ex·tir·pates 1. a. To destroy totally; kill off: an effort to reintroduce wildlife that had been extirpated from the region.b. To render absent or nonexistent: "No society ... is devoid of ... religion, even those ... which have made deliberate attempts to extirpate it" (Roy A. Rappaport). See Synonyms at eliminate.2. To pull up by the roots.3. To remove by surgery.

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[Latin exstirpāre, exstirpāt- : ex-, ex- + stirps, root.]

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ex′tir·pa′tion n.ex′tir·pa′tive adj.ex′tir·pa′tor n.

extirpate

(ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to remove or destroy completely2. (Horticulture) to pull up or out; uproot3. (Surgery) to remove (an organ or part) surgically[C16: from Latin exstirpāre to root out, from stirps root, stock] ˌextirˈpation n ˈextirˌpative adj ˈextirˌpator n

ex•tir•pate

(ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt)

v.t. -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 1. to remove or destroy totally; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots. [1530–40; < Latin ex(s)tirpātus, past participle of ex(s)tirpāre to dig up by the roots =ex- ex-¹ + -stirpāre, derivative of stirps root, stump] ex`tir•pa′tion, n. ex′tir•pa`tive, adj. ex′tir•pa`tor, n.

extirpate

Past participle: extirpated
Gerund: extirpating

Imperative
extirpate
extirpate

Present
I extirpate
you extirpate
he/she/it extirpates
we extirpate
you extirpate
they extirpate

Preterite
I extirpated
you extirpated
he/she/it extirpated
we extirpated
you extirpated
they extirpated

Present Continuous
I am extirpating
you are extirpating
he/she/it is extirpating
we are extirpating
you are extirpating
they are extirpating

Present Perfect
I have extirpated
you have extirpated
he/she/it has extirpated
we have extirpated
you have extirpated
they have extirpated

Past Continuous
I was extirpating
you were extirpating
he/she/it was extirpating
we were extirpating
you were extirpating
they were extirpating

Past Perfect
I had extirpated
you had extirpated
he/she/it had extirpated
we had extirpated
you had extirpated
they had extirpated

Future
I will extirpate
you will extirpate
he/she/it will extirpate
we will extirpate
you will extirpate
they will extirpate

Future Perfect
I will have extirpated
you will have extirpated
he/she/it will have extirpated
we will have extirpated
you will have extirpated
they will have extirpated

Future Continuous
I will be extirpating
you will be extirpating
he/she/it will be extirpating
we will be extirpating
you will be extirpating
they will be extirpating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been extirpating
you have been extirpating
he/she/it has been extirpating
we have been extirpating
you have been extirpating
they have been extirpating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been extirpating
you will have been extirpating
he/she/it will have been extirpating
we will have been extirpating
you will have been extirpating
they will have been extirpating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been extirpating
you had been extirpating
he/she/it had been extirpating
we had been extirpating
you had been extirpating
they had been extirpating

Conditional
I would extirpate
you would extirpate
he/she/it would extirpate
we would extirpate
you would extirpate
they would extirpate

Past Conditional
I would have extirpated
you would have extirpated
he/she/it would have extirpated
we would have extirpated
you would have extirpated
they would have extirpated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	extirpate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"eradicate, exterminate, root out, uprootdestroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	2.	extirpate - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"root out, deracinate, uprootstub - pull up (weeds) by their rootsmove, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	3.	extirpate - surgically remove (an organ)surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

extirpate

verb wipe out, destroy, eliminate, abolish, erase, remove, eradicate, excise, extinguish, uproot, annihilate, root out, exterminate, expunge, deracinate, pull up by the roots, wipe from the face of the earth The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain.

extirpate

verbTo destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

Translations

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