Synonyms for extirpate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt

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Définition of extirpate

Origin : 1530s, usually figurative, from Latin extirpatus/exstirpatus, past participle of extirpare/exstirpare (see extirpation). Related: Extirpated; extirpating.

verb destroy; uproot

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for extirpate

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