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extirper.

to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɛk.stiʁ.pe/
  1. to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)

  2. to remove, take out (e.g. an organ)

  3. to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic)

    figuratively
  4. to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)

  5. to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)

  6. to pull oneself out (of somewhere)

    reflexive
    Il s'extirpe du bar pour fumer une clope.
  7. to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre. Doublet of étréper.

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