| 单词 | extirpate |
| 释义 | extirpate —extirpation, n. —extirpative, adj. —extirpator, n. /ek"steuhr payt', ik sterr"payt/, v.t., extirpated, extirpating. 1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair. [1530-40; < L ex(s)tirpatus plucked up by the stem (ptp. of ex(s)tirpare), equiv. to ex- EX-1 + stirp- (s. of stirps) stem + -atus -ATE1] |
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