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ex⋅tir⋅pate

  [ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt]
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–verb (used with object), -pat⋅ed, -pat⋅ing.
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.
Origin:
1530–40; < L ex(s)tirpātus plucked up by the stem (ptp. of ex(s)tirpāre), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + stirp- (s. of stirps) stem + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅tir⋅pa⋅tion, noun
ex⋅tir⋅pa⋅tive, adjective
ex⋅tir⋅pa⋅tor, noun
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ex·tir·pate   (ěk'stər-pāt')   
tr.v.   ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing, ex·tir·pates
  1. To pull up by the roots.
  2. To destroy totally; exterminate. See Synonyms at abolish.
  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.
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Extirpation

Ex`tir*pa"tion\, n. [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
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extirpation 
1526, from L. extirpationem, from extirpare "root out," from ex- "out" + stirps (gen. stirpis) "a root, stock of a tree."
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Main Entry: ex·tir·pa·tion
Pronunciation: "ek-st&r-'pA-sh&n
Function: noun
: complete excision or surgical destruction of a bodypart —ex·tir·pate /'ek-st&r-"pAt/ transitive verb -pat·ed; -pat·ing
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extirpation ex·tir·pa·tion (ěk'stər-pā'shən)
n.
The surgical removal of an organ, a part of an organ, or a diseased tissue.

ex'tir·pate' v.

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