extirpate 音标拼音: ['ɛkstɚp
, et]
vt . 消灭,根除,毁灭
消灭,根除,毁灭
extirpate v 1 :
destroy completely ,
as if down to the roots ; "
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted " "
root out corruption " [
synonym : {
uproot }, {
eradicate }, {
extirpate }, {
root out }, {
exterminate }]
2 :
pull up by or as if by the roots ; "
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden " [
synonym : {
uproot }, {
extirpate },
{
deracinate }, {
root out }]
3 :
surgically remove (
an organ )
Extirpate \
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ex out strips stock ,
stem ,
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To pluck up by the stem or root ;
to root out ;
to eradicate ,
literally or figuratively ;
to destroy wholly ;
as ,
to extirpate weeds ;
to extirpate a tumor ;
to extirpate a sect ;
to extirpate error or heresy .
Syn :
To eradicate ;
root out ;
destroy ;
exterminate ;
annihilate ;
extinguish .
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1913 Webster ]
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
extirpate ":
abate ,
abolish ,
abscind ,
amputate ,
annihilate ,
ban ,
bar ,
blot ,
bob ,
clip ,
crop ,
cull ,
cut ,
cut away ,
cut off ,
cut out ,
deracinate ,
dock ,
eliminate ,
enucleate ,
eradicate ,
except ,
excise ,
exclude ,
exterminate ,
extinguish ,
isolate ,
knock off ,
liquidate ,
lop ,
mutilate ,
nip ,
pare ,
peel ,
pick out ,
prune ,
purge ,
remove ,
root out ,
root up ,
rule out ,
set apart ,
set aside ,
shave ,
shear ,
stamp out ,
strike off ,
strip ,
strip off ,
sweep away ,
take off ,
take out ,
truncate ,
uproot ,
wipe out
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EXTIRPATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster extirpate implies extinction of a race, family, species, or sometimes an idea or doctrine by destruction or removal of its means of propagation
EXTIRPATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary EXTIRPATE definition: 1 to remove or destroy something completely 2 to remove or destroy something completely Learn more
EXTIRPATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Extirpate definition: to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate See examples of EXTIRPATE used in a sentence
extirpate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . Definition of extirpate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Extirpate - definition of extirpate by The Free Dictionary To render absent or nonexistent: "No society is devoid of religion, even those which have made deliberate attempts to extirpate it" (Roy A Rappaport)
EXTIRPATE definition in American English | Collins English . . . 3 senses: 1 to remove or destroy completely 2 to pull up or out; uproot 3 to remove (an organ or part) surgically Click for more definitions
Extirpate - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The verb extirpate originally meant "to weed out by the roots " Now you can use it more broadly to describe getting rid of something completely