extirpar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deracinate verb To pull a plant out of the ground by its roots, or remove something completely.
- extirpate verb To clear a piece of ground of roots and tree stumps.
- root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
Senses
extirpar is used for these senses in English:
- deracinate To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- root (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
deracinate — full definition
- verb To pull a plant out of the ground by its roots, or remove something completely.
- verb To force people to leave their home country and settle somewhere foreign.
- verb To free someone, or become free, from the customs of one's own culture.
extirpate — full definition
- verb To clear a piece of ground of roots and tree stumps.
- verb To pull a plant out completely, roots and all.
- verb To destroy something totally, leaving nothing behind.
- verb To wipe out a group of animals or plants from one area, even though the species still survives elsewhere.
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