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Extirpate Destroy Verb Rid Completely Ekstərpeɪt V.根除 Weeds

Front extirpate
Pron ['ekstərpeɪt]
Back 【extirpate】
v.根除
To extirpate weeds in not only to destroy their visible parts but to pull them out by the roots.
除草不只是破坏其可见部分,而是连根拔起。
Vocab
extirpatedestroy completely, as if down to the roots

The verb extirpate originally literally meant "to weed out by the roots." Now you'd use it when you want to get rid of something completely as if pulling it up by the root.

Use the verb extirpate when you mean to destroy completely or get rid of completely. You can try to extirpate all the bedbugs that came home with you from your vacation, but you will probably be afraid that some resisted the exterminator to munch on you later.

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