Antonyms for extirpate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt |
Definition of extirpate
Origin :- 1530s, usually figurative, from Latin extirpatus/exstirpatus, past participle of extirpare/exstirpare (see extirpation). Related: Extirpated; extirpating.
- verb destroy; uproot
- Every attempt to subdue or extirpate them, has proved abortive.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Many causes have combined to extirpate the shy and spirited fish.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- The duty to extirpate and destroy it is admitted even by our doctors of divinity.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- I will extirpate that nest of vipersthat horde of remorseless banditti!
- Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds
- The gentry want to extirpate us by means of poison, we will extirpate them with fire and sword.
- Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai
- Spain had no intention to concede, but was resolved to extirpate.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84 » by John Lothrop Motley
- We demoralize and we extirpate, but we never really civilize.
- Extract from : « The Malay Archipelago » by Alfred Russell Wallace
- It had been often proposed to extirpate them and to colonise the country.
- Extract from : « Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II) » by Richard Bagwell
- Fire, avalanches, famine, and disease all did their best to extirpate the brotherhood.
- Extract from : « Tyrol and its People » by Clive Holland
- What will be a wholesome remedy to extirpate the pest of these witches.
- Extract from : « A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 » by Henry Charles Lea
Synonyms for extirpate
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