SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
extirpate
verb
To remove or destroy something completely.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Remove completely
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Usage distinction
Return to topExterminate commonly concerns living things; root out can also apply to entrenched practices.
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See extirpate in use
The gardeners worked to extirpate the invasive weeds.
The residents decide to extirpate the practice of charging fees for permits that no valid authority in the story ever required.
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