| Front | extirpate \EK-ster-peyt, ik-STUR-peyt\ |
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| Back | transitive verb 1. To destroy completely. 2. To pull up by the roots. [From Latin extirpare (to root out), from stirps (stem, root).] "Shut up, shut up, shut up. Disloyal thoughts must be ruthlessly extirpated." - Gene Kerrigan; Screw Democracy, Here's Dear Leader; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Apr 13, 2008. |
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