The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extirpate \Ex"tir*pate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating.] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
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vb. (present participle of extirpate English)
Usage examples of "extirpating".
It did indeed make Hope and the unit famous, as well as extirpating piracy form the Juclip.
He clarified that the governor, however obscenely liberal in other matters, had suffered grievously from criminal pirates and was dedicated to extirpating the drug trade.
If you knew of a freeman at the other end of the world, I believe you would go thither for the mere pleasure of extirpating him.