Extirpated

[ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt]

verb (used with object), ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing.

to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.

to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin ex(s)tirpātus plucked up by the stem (past participle of ex(s)tirpāre), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + stirp- (stem of stirps) stem + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

ex·tir·pa·tion, noun

ex·tir·pa·tive, adjective

ex·tir·pa·tor, noun

un·ex·tir·pat·ed, adjective

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