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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

  1. verb To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
  2. verb To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
  3. verb To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

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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