Extirpate
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.消灭, 根除
- ［英］ v.消灭, 根除 ( exterminate; abolish)
- ［记］ ex+stirp ( 种, 根) +ate -> 把根拿出来 -> 根除
- ［同］ 同根词: stirp ( 血统) ; stirpiculture ( 优生法)
- ［例］ extirpate a bad social practice
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-pated; -pating)
- Etymology: Latin exstirpatus, past participle of exstirpare, from ex- + stirp-, stirps trunk, root
- Date: 1535
- 1.
- a. to destroy completely ; wipe out
- b. to pull up by the root
- 2. to cut out by surgery
- Synonyms: see exterminate
- ? extirpation noun
- ? extirpator noun
