extirpate

English

WOTD – 14 November 2007

Etymology

From Latin exstirpō (“uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) +‎ stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstəpeɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɚpeɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tir‧pate

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.

   Synonyms: uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate

3. (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.

   Synonyms: annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate; see also Thesaurus:destroy

   The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.

4. (transitive) To surgically remove.

   Synonym: excise

Related terms

• extirp
• extirpation
• extirpative
• extirpator

Translations

to pull up by the roots

• Assamese: উঘাল (ughal), উভাল (ubhal)
• Bulgarian: изкореня́вам (bg) impf (izkorenjávam)
• Catalan: extirpar (ca)
• Dutch: ontworteld (nl)
• Finnish: juuria
• French: déraciner (fr), extirper (fr)
• Greek: ξεριζώνω (el) (xerizóno)
• Hungarian: gyökerestül kiirt
• Ido: extirpar (io)
• Irish: stoith, baint ó fhréamh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: ranga
• Norwegian: rykke opp med roten
• Polish: wykorzenić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: extirpar (pt)
• Romanian: dezrădăcina (ro)
• Russian: искореня́ть (ru) impf (iskorenjátʹ), искорени́ть (ru) pf (iskorenítʹ), вырыва́ть с ко́рнем impf (vyryvátʹ s kórnem), вы́рвать с ко́рнем pf (výrvatʹ s kórnem), корчева́ть (ru) impf (korčevátʹ), выкорчёвывать (ru) impf (vykorčóvyvatʹ), вы́корчевать (ru) pf (výkorčevatʹ)
• Spanish: extirpar (es), descepar (es)
• Swedish: rycka upp med rötterna
• Vietnamese: bứng (vi), nhổ rễ

to destroy completely

• Bulgarian: унищожа́вам (bg) impf (uništožávam)
• Catalan: extirpar (ca)
• Dutch: uitgeroeid (nl)
• French: extirper (fr), annihiler (fr)
• German: ausrotten (de) (a species or group), austilgen, ausmerzen (de), auslöschen (de)
• Hungarian: kiirt (hu), gyökerestül kiirt
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: léirscrios
• Maori: whakamōtī
• Polish: wyplenić pf
• Portuguese: extirpar (pt)
• Russian: искореня́ть (ru) impf (iskorenjátʹ), искорени́ть (ru) pf (iskorenítʹ)
• Spanish: extirpar (es)

to surgically remove

• Catalan: extirpar (ca)
• Finnish: poistaa (fi)
• French: extirper (fr)
• Greek: εκριζώνω (el) (ekrizóno)
• Polish: usunąć (pl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: extirpar (pt)
• Russian: выреза́ть (ru) impf (vyrezátʹ), вы́резать (ru) pf (výrezatʹ) (impf., pf. forms differ in word stress)
• Spanish: extirpar (es)

Further reading

• “extirpate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “extirpate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) extirpāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of extirpō