extirpate

== English == === Etymology === The verb is first attested in 1538, the adjective in 1541; borrowed from Latin exstirpātus perfect passive participle of 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) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Doublet of extirp. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. === Pronunciation === verb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstəpeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/ Hyphenation: ex‧tir‧pate === Verb === extirpate (third-person singular simple present extirpates, present participle extirpating, simple past and past participle extirpated) (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot. Synonyms: uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate. Synonyms: annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate; see also Thesaurus:destroy (biology) To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies. (transitive) To surgically remove. Synonym: excise ==== Related terms ==== extirp extirpation extirpative extirpator ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === extirpate (comparative more extirpate, superlative most extirpate) (obsolete) (as a participle) Extirpated (as a participial adjective) Rooted out, extinct, utterly destroyed. === Further reading === “extirpate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “extirpate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === extirpāte second-person plural present active imperative of extirpō == Spanish == === Verb === extirpate second-person singular voseo imperative of extirpar combined with te