transitive verb extirpated -·pat′ed, extirpating -·pat′·ing

1. to pull up by the roots; root out
2. to destroy or remove completely; exterminate; abolish

Etymology: < L extirpatus, pp. of extirpare, exstirpare, to root out < ex-, out + stirps, lower part of a tree, root < IE base *ster-, stiff > stare, starve, stark