extirpate

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exterminate root out destroy eradicate extinguish annihilate uproot deracinate end kill remove eliminate suppress massacre cancel
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Antonyms

amnesty make free create bear continue
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Hypernyms

take move remove destroy withdraw displace

Hyponyms

stub

Phrases with the word

to extirpate

Derivatives

extirpated extirpating

Examples

uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden Source: Internet

the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted Source: Internet

root out corruption Source: Internet

And within agricultural systems, hunting served to kill animals that prey upon domestic and wild animals or to attempt to extirpate animals seen by humans as competition for resources such as water or forage. Source: Internet

At the time, the Hudson's Bay Company sent word to trappers to extirpate all furbearers from the area in an effort to make the area less attractive to U.S. fur traders. Source: Internet

How many of us, it asks, foresee that electricity may extirpate the songbird? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

extinguisht extirp extirpable extirpated extirpation extirpative