extirpar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deracinate verb To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- extirpate verb To clear an area of roots and 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 up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
- verb To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
- verb To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.
extirpate — full definition
- verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- verb To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- verb To destroy completely; to annihilate.
- verb To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.