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extirpate (v.)
"root up, root out," 1530s, usually figurative, from Latin
extirpatus
/
exstirpatus
, past participle of
extirpare
/
exstirpare
"root out, eradicate, pull up by the roots" (see
extirpation
). Related:
Extirpated
;
extirpating
;
extirpable
.
