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  1. extirpate:


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Detailed Synonyms for extirpate in English

extirpate:

extirpate verbe

  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
    uproot; extirpate; root out; deracinate
    – 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; uproot; extirpate; root out
    – destroy completely, as if down to the roots 1
    • exterminate verbe (exterminates, exterminated, exterminating)
    • eradicate verbe (eradicates, eradicated, eradicating)
    • uproot verbe
      • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted1
    • extirpate verbe
    • root out verbe
      • root out corruption1

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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