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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. [Latin exstirpāre, exstirpāt- : ex-, ex- + stirps, root.] 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 nex•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
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extirpate | extirpate |
Present |
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I extirpate | you extirpate | he/she/it extirpates | we extirpate | you extirpate | they extirpate |
Preterite |
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I extirpated | you extirpated | he/she/it extirpated | we extirpated | you extirpated | they extirpated |
Present Continuous |
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I am extirpating | you are extirpating | he/she/it is extirpating | we are extirpating | you are extirpating | they are extirpating |
Present Perfect |
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I have extirpated | you have extirpated | he/she/it has extirpated | we have extirpated | you have extirpated | they have extirpated |
Past Continuous |
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I was extirpating | you were extirpating | he/she/it was extirpating | we were extirpating | you were extirpating | they were extirpating |
Past Perfect |
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I had extirpated | you had extirpated | he/she/it had extirpated | we had extirpated | you had extirpated | they had extirpated |
Future |
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I will extirpate | you will extirpate | he/she/it will extirpate | we will extirpate | you will extirpate | they will extirpate |
Future Perfect |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would extirpate | you would extirpate | he/she/it would extirpate | we would extirpate | you would extirpate | they would extirpate |
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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 | ThesaurusVerb | 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" |
extirpateverb 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.extirpateverbTo 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.Translationsausmerzenentfernenextirparextirperestirpareusunąćextirparextirpate
extirpate[′ek·stər‚pāt] (biology) To uproot, destroy, make extinct, or exterminate. extirpate
Synonyms for extirpateverb wipe outSynonyms- 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
Synonyms for extirpateverb to destroy all traces ofSynonyms- abolish
- annihilate
- blot out
- clear
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- kill
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- root
- rub out
- snuff out
- stamp out
- uproot
- wipe out
Synonyms for extirpateverb destroy completely, as if down to the rootsSynonyms- eradicate
- exterminate
- root out
- uproot
Related Wordsverb pull up by or as if by the rootsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb surgically remove (an organ)Related Words- surgery
- remove
- take away
- withdraw
- take
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