extirpate
English
/ˈɛkstəpeɪt/, /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
- (transitive) To surgically remove.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exstirpō (uproot), stirps (rootstock, stem, including the roots, stalk, the lower part of the trunk of a tree).
Origin
Latin
stirps
Gloss
rootstock, stem, including the roots, stalk, the lower part of the trunk of a tree
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Cognates and derived terms
- extirpative English
- extirpator English
- stirps English
- exstirpatio Latin
- exstirpo Latin
- exstirpō Latin
- stirps Latin
- stirpe Italian
- extirper French
- extirpar Spanish, Castilian
- *sterp Proto-Indo-European
- extirpar Portuguese
- stirpo Esperanto
- estirp Catalan, Valencian
- extirpar Catalan, Valencian
- esterpe Galician
- estripeiro Galician