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Extirp
Extirp \Ex*tirp"\, v. t. [Cf. F. extirper.] To extirpate. [Obs.]
It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar.
--Shak
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extirp
vb. (context obsolete English) To extirpate.
Usage examples of "extirp".
By that I mean the consistent and decreed plan to found a lay religion, and impose the observances and dogmas of its theories on twenty-six millions of Frenchmen, and, consequently extirping Christianity, its worship and its clergy.