extirpate
Meaning of extirpate
- eradicate or destroy completely.
timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago
late Middle English (as extirpation ): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out’ + stirps ‘a stem’.
Information about extirpate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of extirpate is: extirpates.
- Languages in which extirpate is used:
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Hyphenation of extirpate
ex-tir-pate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- extirpate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
extirpate synonyms
Meaning uproot:
uproot, eradicate, exterminate, deracinate
Meaning defeat (someone) utterly:
Meaning completely remove or get rid of (something):
Meaning forcibly put an end to:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):
Meaning put an end to; destroy:
Meaning put an end to; suppress:
Meaning crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape:
extirpate antonyms
Meaning past and past participle of find:
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
Translation of extirpate
- Spanish: extirpar, erradicar, exterminar, arrancar
- French: extirper, éradiquer, déraciner
- Portuguese: extirpar, erradicar
- German: vernichten, ausrotten, ausmerzen, vertilgen, entwurzeln
- Italian: eradicare, sradicare, estirpare
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