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(Latin: root out, to pluck out by the stem or root)
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extirpable (adjective) (not comparable)
Disposed to being completely wiped out or destroyed; exterminable: Heather was hoping that the poisonous plant in her garden was extirpable and rooted out completely in order to prevent any harm to her children playing there.
extirpate (verb), extirpates; extirpated; extirpateing
1. To utterly remove, to destroy, or to exterminate something completely: Technically, to extirpate something like a weed is to pull it out by the roots and to eliminate it.
2. Etymology: from Latin extirparum, "uprooted"; from ex-, "out" + stirps, "root".
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2. Etymology: from Latin extirparum, "uprooted"; from ex-, "out" + stirps, "root".
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igniextirpation (s), igniextirpations (pl) (noun forms)
1. A surgical procedure in which one or more organs are removed by use of a cautery.
2. Cautery excisions (using devices to destroy tissues by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals).
2. Cautery excisions (using devices to destroy tissues by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals).
inextirpable (adjective), more inextirpable, most inextirpable
Impossible of being exterminated; ineradicable: Mrs. Thompson tried to destroy the inextirpable wild boysenberries in her garden because they were dangerous for her little children playing there.
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