extirpate

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛkstəpeɪt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/

Verb

extirpate (extirpates, present participle extirpating; past and past participle extirpated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.

   Synonyms: uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate

3. (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.

   Synonyms: annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate, Thesaurus:destroy

   The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.

4. (transitive) To surgically remove.

   Synonyms: excise

Related terms

• extirp
• extirpation
• extirpative
• extirpator

Translations

• French: déraciner, extirper
• Portuguese: extirpar
• Russian: искореня́ть
• Spanish: extirpar, descepar

Translations

• French: extirper, annihiler
• German: ausrotten (a species or group), austilgen, ausmerzen, auslöschen
• Portuguese: extirpar
• Russian: искореня́ть
• Spanish: extirpar

Translations

• French: extirper
• Portuguese: extirpar
• Russian: выреза́ть
• Spanish: extirpar

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