extirpator

 [ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt]  

ex·tir·pate

   [ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt]
verb (used with object), ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·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; < 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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extirpate (ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt)
 
—vb
1.  to remove or destroy completely
2.  to pull up or out; uproot
3.  to remove (an organ or part) surgically
 
[C16: from Latin exstirpāre to root out, from stirps root, stock]
 
extir'pation
 
—n
 
'extirpative
 
—adj
 
'extirpator
 
—n

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