Ex"tir*pate (?; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Extirpated(?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Extirpating(?).] [L. extirpatus,
exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare;
ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by
the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or
figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to
extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to
extirpate error or heresy.
Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate;
annihilate; extinguish.