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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extirpate \Ex"tir*pate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extirpated}; p. pr & vb n. {Extirpating}.] [L. extirpatus exstirpatus p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] 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. Syn: To eradicate; root out destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
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