EXTIRPATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • surgically remove (an organ)
    Hypernyms(s) extirpate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • pull up by or as if by the roots
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
    Hypernyms(s) extirpate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • destroy completely, as if down to the roots
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
    Hypernyms(s) extirpate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)