extirper

== English == === Etymology === From extirp +‎ -er. === Noun === extirper (plural extirpers) (obsolete) An extirpator. === References === “extirper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre. Doublet of étréper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.stiʁ.pe/ === Verb === extirper to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground) (medicine) to remove, take out (e.g. an organ) (figuratively) to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic) to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.) to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place) (reflexive) to pull oneself out (of somewhere) (colloquial) to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “extirper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === extirper first-person singular present passive subjunctive of extirpō