extirper — meaning in English

English meaning

• extirpate verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
• extricate verb To free someone or something from a difficult, entangled, or awkward situation.

Senses

extirper is used for these senses in English:

• extirpate (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
• extirpate (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate,
• extirpate (transitive) To surgically remove.
• extricate (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

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.

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