extirper

French

verb
Definitions
  • to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)
  • (medicine) to remove, take out (e.g. an organ)
  • (figuratively) to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic)
  • to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)
  • to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)
  • (reflexive) to pull oneself out (of somewhere)
  • (colloquial) to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstirpō (uproot).

Origin

Latin

exstirpō

Gloss

uproot

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