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  1. extirpate:


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Detailed Synonyms for extirpate in English

extirpate:

extirpate verb

  1. extirpate
    – surgically remove (an organ) 1
    extirpate
    – surgically remove (an organ) 1
  2. extirpate
    – pull up by or as if by the roots 1
    root out; deracinate; uproot; extirpate
    – pull up by or as if by the roots 1
  3. extirpate
    – destroy completely, as if down to the roots 1
    to exterminate; to eradicate; root out; uproot; extirpate
    – destroy completely, as if down to the roots 1
    • exterminate verb (exterminates, exterminated, exterminating)
    • eradicate verb (eradicates, eradicated, eradicating)
    • root out verb
      • root out corruption1
    • uproot verb
      • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted1
    • extirpate verb

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Related Definitions for "extirpate":

  1. surgically remove (an organ)1
  2. pull up by or as if by the roots1
  3. destroy completely, as if down to the roots1