to extirpate
1
9.9
- verb
- /ˈɛkstərˌpeɪt/
- Formal
:
erradicar
- The salmon had been extirpated by irrigation withdrawals and migration barriers.
- extirpated gray wolf
- extirpated species
- extirpate populations
You have extirpated enough of Hamas that some other entity can be brought in to rule that country because that was always a coiled snake, right?
- You have extirpated enough of Hamas that some other entity can be brought in to rule that country because that was always a coiled snake, right?
Examples
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Hong Kong and Singapore have few areas with large trees, and most of the large frugivores have been extirpated.
Academic text (2005) -
In total, 90% of the totally protected species (under Sarawak law) formerly recorded in the park have been extirpated.
Academic text (2011) -
The point, in other words, is not so much to study racism as to extirpate it by consciousness-raising.
Academic text (1991) -
The nene was once found on all the main islands but was extirpated from all of them except Hawaii.
Academic text (2012) -
We found a high occupancy of exotic species in upstream habitats in which native species had been extirpated (Kwak et al. 2007).
Academic text (2013) -
Conservationists worked tirelessly to extirpate the invasive species from the protected area.
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Efforts to extirpate the root causes of poverty have become a top priority for the government.
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The organization aims to extirpate corruption within the local police force through transparency initiatives.
Synonyms
∞
1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
∞
3.0
To free someone from something harmful or unwanted
∞
1.6
To remove or throw away something you do not want
948
1.9
To remove something from a place or container
502
3.4
Remove or kill something completely so it is gone
189
4.2
Destroy something so nothing is left
156
2.2
Remove all traces of something from memory or history
88
3.7
Remove something so it is no longer used
85
6.6
Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest
71
7.5
To destroy something completely so nothing remains
63
7.5
To destroy completely, often killing many people
60
6.9
To destroy something completely, often on purpose
51
4.5
Force unwanted people or things out of a place, often using water
49
6.3
To remove unwanted substances, things, or people by cleaning
38
4.4
To pull a plant out of the ground or force people to leave home
33
7.1
To burn things like documents or waste until they turn to ash
29
4.6
To make a feeling or idea go away
21
8.8
To remove all signs of something like a record or memory so it cannot be found
21
5.5
End something completely, for example a custom or a debt
15
7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
10
3.6
Remove people completely from a place or group because they are unwanted
1
3.9
To destroy or carry something away completely, for example by water
1
4.0
Pull a plant up from the ground so it cannot grow back
1
9.9
To remove people completely from their homeland and culture
Pull something completely out of the ground by its roots
To remove a growth or organ whole from the tissue around it
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
extirpate = extirp + ate
Although the verb has a transparent-seeming suffix '-ate', the core 'extirp' is not an English word learners know, so the meaning 'eradicate/remove completely' is not derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Extirpate comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and stirps 'root', so think of 'pulling out the root', like uproot. So to extirpate something is to remove or destroy it completely, as if you had taken away its roots.