extirpate

UK: /ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt/ US: (ek′stər pāt′, ik stûr′pāt)

Inflections of 'extirpate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

extirpates

v 3rd person singular

extirpating

v pres p

extirpated

v past

extirpated

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•tir•pate  (ek′stər pāt′, ik stûr′pāt), v.t., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 

1. to remove or destroy totally;
   do away with;
   exterminate.
2. Surgery to pull up by or as if by the roots;
   root up:
   to extirpate an unwanted hair.

• Latin ex(s)tirpātus plucked up by the stem (past participle of ex(s)tirpāre), equivalent. to ex- ex-¹ + stirp- (stem of stirps) stem + -ātus -ate¹
• 1530–40

ex′tir•pa′tion, n. 
ex′tir•pa′tive, adj. 
ex′tir•pa′tor, n. 

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extirpate / ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt/ verb (transitive)

1. to remove or destroy completely
2. to pull up or out; uproot

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin exstirpāre to root out, from stirps root, stock

ˌextirˈpation noun

ˈextirˌpator noun