Extirpate

['ekstɜːpeɪt]

Definition

(verb.) surgically remove (an organ).

Checker: Marty--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Eradicate, uproot, exterminate, annihilate, destroy, abolish, root out.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ERADICATE]

Typist: Thaddeus

Definition

v.t. to root out: to destroy totally: to exterminate—(obs.) Extirp′.—adj. Extirp′able.—ns. Extirpā′tion extermination: total destruction; Extirp′ator.—adj. Extirp′atory.

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