extirp.
To extirpate (something).
Meaning & usage
To extirpate (something).
Where this word comes from
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.
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