extirpar — meaning in English

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:

• extirpate (transitive) To surgically remove.
• root out (transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
• 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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