English Explanatory Dictionary

extirp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To extirpate (something).

Word forms

extirp extirps extirping extirped

Etymology

From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of extirpate.

Derived words

extirpable
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