extirp

== English == === Etymology === From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) +‎ stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of extirpate. === Verb === extirp (third-person singular simple present extirps, present participle extirping, simple past and past participle extirped) (transitive, obsolete) To extirpate (something). ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “extirp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.