extirpate

/'ekstə:peit/
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extirpate

A gardener works to extirpate the invasive weeds from the flower bed.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To destroy completely; to remove or eliminate something entirely, often as if pulling it out by the roots. This is the core meaning, emphasizing total eradication.
    • To surgically remove an organ or tissue. This is a specific medical usage.
    • To pull up by or as if by the roots. This meaning focuses on the physical act of uprooting.
Examples of Usage
  • Verb:
    • The government launched a campaign to extirpate corruption from the system.
    • The surgeon had to extirpate the diseased appendix.
    • We need to extirpate these invasive weeds from the flower bed.
Advanced Usage
  • "to extirpate a belief/idea": to completely eliminate a belief or ideology.
    • The regime sought to extirpate all dissenting political thought.
  • "to extirpate a species": to cause the local or complete extinction of a species.
    • Hunting and habitat loss nearly extirpated the wolves from this region.
Variants and Related Words
  • Extirpation (n): The act or process of extirpating.
    • The extirpation of the tumor was successful.
  • Extirpator (n): A person or thing that extirpates.
Synonyms
  • Eradicate: To destroy completely.
  • Uproot: To pull (something) up by the roots; to remove or displace from a native environment.
  • Annihilate: To destroy utterly.
  • Excise: To remove by cutting out, especially surgically.
  • Root out: To find and remove or destroy.
Related Phrases
  • "to extirpate from": To remove something completely from a specific place or context.
    • The goal is to extirpate this harmful practice from our community.
Related Idioms
  • "To pull up by the roots": This idiom is conceptually very close to the meaning of "extirpate," implying complete removal from the source.
    • The scandal was so deep that the board had to pull the corruption up by the roots. (This action is synonymous with extirpation.)
extirpate

A gardener works to extirpate the invasive weeds from the flower bed.

Verb
  1. surgically remove (an organ)
  2. pull up by or as if by the roots
    • uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
  3. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
    • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption

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