Ex'tir-pate or Ex-tir'pāte, v. t.
(117) (Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXTIRPATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXTIRPATING.] [Lat. extirpare, extirpatum, or exstirpare, exstirpatum, from ex, out of, from, and stirps, stock, stem, root; Pr., Sp., & Pg. extirpar, It. estirpare, stirpare, Fr. extirper.] [See Note under CONTEMPLATE.]
Sense 1. To pull or pluck up by the roots; to root out; to eradicate; to destroy totally; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor.
Sense 2. (Fig.) To eradicate; to root out; to destroy wholly; to get rid of; to expel; as, to extirpate error or heresy; to extirpate a sect.
Should presently extirpate me and mine, Out of the dukedom. Shak.
Synonyms—To eradicate; root out; destroy.