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单词 extirpate
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Definition of extirpate in English:

extirpate

verb ˈɛkstəːpeɪtˈɛkstərˌpeɪt
[with object]
  • Eradicate or destroy completely.

    timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Occasionally there are extraordinary exceptions, such as the American alligator, which having been almost extirpated is once again abundant.
    • I doubt whether this will be fully achieved until Labour itself has been extirpated as a political force in Scotland, but a beginning must be made.
    • They don't extirpate every scintilla of self-doubt you've ever had.
    • In October 1830, George Augustus Robinson noted: ‘Nothing is heard of at Launceston but extirpating the original inhabitants.’
    • And the roots of the 1950 conflict have yet to be extirpated.
    • It was the brutal efforts of the English government to extirpate Catholicism that created the unbridgeable chasm between the two nations.
    • This would seem to make it all the more urgent that I extirpate the heresy - although, as we shall see, I don't think the argument constitutes such a threat to classical Marxist thought on this issue.
    • There should be no constitutional obligation to extirpate all historical religious references from American public life.
    • Even the blithe lovebird will extirpate its rival suitor in the most gruesome manner.
    • Yet the principle of independent thought was too firmly rooted in Athens to be extirpated by the death of one individual; and so in time the accusers of Socrates were condemned and Socrates himself posthumously exonerated.
    • Even the fall of the Roman Empire did not empower ruthless rebels or pseudoreligious cults to extirpate law and order in every corner of the realm.
    • The victor is the player who, when the referee's whistle goes to take the kick, can extirpate all of his surroundings and focus on the fundamental task in hand.
    • The US regulators are seeking to extirpate the cancer before it spreads any further.
    • ‘The root of the evil and its branch,’ as Mr. Churchill said, ‘must be extirpated together.’
    • Certainly whites must keep extirpating vestiges of racism, even within their own souls.
    • Much as one would wish it so, politically motivated violence directed at civilians by desperate people can no more be extirpated than can ‘evil’ itself.
    • They're proposing a plan to extirpate themselves from the well-deserved guilt that they have for fermenting terror and militancy worldwide.
    • The letter continued with the hope that ‘Federal America will be able to extinguish this unrighteous rebellion, and extirpate the foul thing that so long has sullied her institutions and polluted her soul.’
    • The system is then under fire for not having foreseen the future, that is, for having released the patient before the illness was totally extirpated.
    • He had fought in a war to extirpate fascism and, in common with others who had seen the result of unthinking brutality, he hated the Nazis and their henchmen.
    Synonyms
    weed out, destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out, eliminate, suppress, crush, put down, put an end to, put a stop to, do away with, get rid of, wipe out, abolish, extinguish, quash, squash

Derivatives

  • extirpation

  • noun ɛkstəːˈpeɪʃ(ə)nˌɛkstərˈpeɪʃ(ə)n
    • But if they will be hated and chastised no matter what they do, what holds them back from a truly ruthless extirpation of their enemy?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These are the northern species the committee believes are facing imminent extirpation or extinction.
      • What single social advance subtracted more from the sum of human misery than the extirpation of slavery in the nineteenth century?
      • The extirpation of beaver - a keystone species - in 1900 was especially devastating to the watershed.
      • Judicious criticism, therefore, has a great and much needed part to play with regard to the extirpation of bad music.
  • extirpator

  • noun ˈɛkstəpeɪtəˈɛkstərˌpeɪdər
    • Most people would notice a correlation like that, just in terms of cause, effect, the apparent proximity of events, etc., but not our eagle-eyed extirpator of heresy.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But where the land is unequal, it is better to make use of a narrower extirpator, and which has not so many tines.
      • The Emperor was depicted as an imperator submitting himself to the service of the Church - an ideal Christian prince, Defender of Christendomand extirpator of heresy.

Origin

Late Middle English (as extirpation): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- 'out' + stirps 'a stem'.

 
 

Definition of extirpate in US English:

extirpate

verbˈɛkstərˌpeɪtˈekstərˌpāt
[with object]
  • Root out and destroy completely.

    the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The US regulators are seeking to extirpate the cancer before it spreads any further.
    • The system is then under fire for not having foreseen the future, that is, for having released the patient before the illness was totally extirpated.
    • It was the brutal efforts of the English government to extirpate Catholicism that created the unbridgeable chasm between the two nations.
    • The letter continued with the hope that ‘Federal America will be able to extinguish this unrighteous rebellion, and extirpate the foul thing that so long has sullied her institutions and polluted her soul.’
    • Even the blithe lovebird will extirpate its rival suitor in the most gruesome manner.
    • In October 1830, George Augustus Robinson noted: ‘Nothing is heard of at Launceston but extirpating the original inhabitants.’
    • Even the fall of the Roman Empire did not empower ruthless rebels or pseudoreligious cults to extirpate law and order in every corner of the realm.
    • And the roots of the 1950 conflict have yet to be extirpated.
    • Occasionally there are extraordinary exceptions, such as the American alligator, which having been almost extirpated is once again abundant.
    • They don't extirpate every scintilla of self-doubt you've ever had.
    • This would seem to make it all the more urgent that I extirpate the heresy - although, as we shall see, I don't think the argument constitutes such a threat to classical Marxist thought on this issue.
    • Yet the principle of independent thought was too firmly rooted in Athens to be extirpated by the death of one individual; and so in time the accusers of Socrates were condemned and Socrates himself posthumously exonerated.
    • ‘The root of the evil and its branch,’ as Mr. Churchill said, ‘must be extirpated together.’
    • The victor is the player who, when the referee's whistle goes to take the kick, can extirpate all of his surroundings and focus on the fundamental task in hand.
    • Certainly whites must keep extirpating vestiges of racism, even within their own souls.
    • He had fought in a war to extirpate fascism and, in common with others who had seen the result of unthinking brutality, he hated the Nazis and their henchmen.
    • I doubt whether this will be fully achieved until Labour itself has been extirpated as a political force in Scotland, but a beginning must be made.
    • Much as one would wish it so, politically motivated violence directed at civilians by desperate people can no more be extirpated than can ‘evil’ itself.
    • There should be no constitutional obligation to extirpate all historical religious references from American public life.
    • They're proposing a plan to extirpate themselves from the well-deserved guilt that they have for fermenting terror and militancy worldwide.
    Synonyms
    weed out, destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out, eliminate, suppress, crush, put down, put an end to, put a stop to, do away with, get rid of, wipe out, abolish, extinguish, quash, squash

Origin

Late Middle English (as extirpation): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out’ + stirps ‘a stem’.

 
 
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