"Extirpate" is a word in ENGLISH
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to
eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to
extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to
extirpate error or heresy.
First of all is the fact that I have some rather good turns of phrase. I don't say that pridefully ... it's just that when a line I forgot about smacks me in the face and says, "Look at me! Aren't I lovely?" I have to notice.
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To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
Read the complete definitionTo root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
Read the complete definitionThe act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Read the complete definitionTo destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, …
Read the complete definitionThe act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation …
Read the complete definitionCapable of rooting out, or tending to root out.
Read the complete definitionOne who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Read the complete definitionNot capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable.
Read the complete definitionTo tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.
Read the complete definitionTo grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
Read the complete definitionTo root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; …
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