【学个词 ex​tir​pate 】extirpate ~ vt. 消灭,灭绝,根除

　　Definition

　　transitive ​verb

　　1a: to destroy completely : WIPE OUT

　　b: to pull up by the root

　　2: to cut out by surgery

　　Synonyms

　　- abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out

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　　Examples

　　//the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases

　　History and Etymology

　　Latin exstirpatus, past participle of exstirpare, from ex- + stirp-, stirps trunk, root