extirpate

extirpate

English

WOTD – 14 November 2007

Etymology

From Latin exstirpō (“uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstəpeɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tir‧pate

Verb

extirpate (third-person singular simple present extirpates, present participle extirpating, simple 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.
3. (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
4. (transitive) To surgically remove.

Synonyms

• (to pull up by the roots): uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate
• (to destroy completely): annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate
• (to surgically remove): excise
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Related terms

• extirp
• extirpation
• extirpative
• extirpator

Translations

to pull up by the roots

Assamese: উঘাল (ughal), উভাল (ubhal) Bulgarian: изкореня́вам (bg) impf (izkorenjávam) Dutch: ontworteld (nl) Finnish: juuria French: déraciner (fr), extirper (fr) Greek: ξεριζώνω (el) (xerizóno) Hungarian: gyökerestül kiirt Ido: extirpar (io) Irish: stoith, baint ó fhréamh

Maori: ranga Norwegian: rykke opp med roten Polish: wykorzenić (pl) pf Portuguese: extirpar (pt) Romanian: dezrădăcina (ro) Russian: искореня́ть (ru) impf (iskorenjátʹ), искорени́ть (ru) pf (iskorenítʹ), вырыва́ть с ко́рнем impf (vyryvátʹ s kórnem), вы́рвать с ко́рнем pf (výrvatʹ s kórnem), корчева́ть (ru) impf (korčevátʹ), выкорчёвывать (ru) impf (vykorčóvyvatʹ), вы́корчевать (ru) pf (výkorčevatʹ) Spanish: extirpar (es), descepar (es) Swedish: rycka upp med rötterna Vietnamese: bứng (vi), nhổ rễ

to destroy completely

Bulgarian: унищожа́вам (bg) impf (uništožávam) Dutch: uitgeroeid (nl) French: extirper (fr), annihiler (fr) German: ausrotten (de) (a species or group), austilgen, ausmerzen (de), auslöschen Hungarian: kiirt (hu), gyökerestül kiirt Irish: léirscrios

Maori: whakamōtī Polish: wyplenić pf Portuguese: extirpar (pt) Russian: искореня́ть (ru) impf (iskorenjátʹ), искорени́ть (ru) pf (iskorenítʹ) Spanish: extirpar (es)

to surgically remove

Finnish: poistaa (fi) French: extirper (fr) Greek: εκριζώνω (el) (ekrizóno) Polish: usunąć (pl)

Portuguese: extirpar (pt) Russian: выреза́ть (ru) impf (vyrezátʹ), вы́резать (ru) pf (výrezatʹ) (impf., pf. forms differ in word stress) Spanish: extirpar (es)

Further reading

• extirpate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• extirpate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Latin

Verb

extirpāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of extirpō