extirpate

tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.

1. To pull up by the roots.
2. To destroy totally; exterminate. See synonyms at abolish.
3. To remove by surgery.

[Latin exstirpāre, exstirpāt- : ex-, ex- + stirps, root.]

extirpation ex'tir·pa'tion n.
extirpative ex'tir·pa'tive adj.
extirpator ex'tir·pa'tor n.

(EK-stuhr-payt)

verb tr.
1. To destroy completely.
2. To pull up by the roots.

Etymology
From Latin extirpare (to root out), from stirps (stem, root)

Usage
"Shut up, shut up, shut up. Disloyal thoughts must be ruthlessly extirpated." — Gene Kerrigan; Screw Democracy, Here's Dear Leader; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Apr 13, 2008.

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verb

To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, kill¹, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root¹ (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.

v

Definition: destroy; uproot
Antonyms: help, leave alone

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Complete removal or eradication of an organ or tissue.

IN BRIEF: To destroy. Also: to pull up by the roots.

Their job was to extirpate all of the weeds in the garden.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fjerne, bortoperere

Nederlands (Dutch)
totaal vernietigen, ontwortelen, chirurgisch verwijderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - extirper

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausrotten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεριζώνω

Italiano (Italian)
estirpare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - extirpar, erradicar

Русский (Russian)
уничтожать, истреблять, изжить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - extirpar, erradicar, exterminar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utplåna, utrota

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
消灭, 毁灭, 根除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 消滅, 毀滅, 根除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 근절시키다, 절제하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 根こそぎにする, 根絶する, 摘出する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمحو, يقتلع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עקר, השמיד‬

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