extirpating

Variant of extirpate

extirpate definition

ex·tir·pate (eks′tər pāt′; also ek stʉr′-)

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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