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extirpar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • extirpate verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
  • uproot verb To pull a plant out of the ground, roots and all.

Senses

extirpar is used for these senses in English:

  • uproot To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.

extirpate — full definition

  1. verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
  2. verb To pull up by the roots; uproot.
  3. verb To destroy completely; to annihilate.
  4. verb To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.

uproot — full definition

  1. verb To pull a plant out of the ground, roots and all.
  2. verb To force someone to leave a place or situation they are settled in.

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