Extirpate
verb
To completely get rid of something, such as a problem or condition.
The government has launched an aggressive campaign to extirpate corruption.
Often appears as...
- extirpate corruption
- extirpate an issue
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Formal
verb
To pull up or destroy completely, especially plants or weeds.
The invasive plant species needs to be extirpated to maintain the balance of our local ecosystem.
Often appears as...
- extirpate weeds
- extirpate invasive plants
verb
To wipe out or kill off a species.
Poaching activities could extirpate the species from this region completely.
Often appears as...
- extirpate a species
- extirpate a population
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Technical
verb
To completely get rid of something, such as a problem or condition.
The government has launched an aggressive campaign to extirpate corruption.
Often appears as...
- extirpate corruption
- extirpate an issue
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To pull up or destroy completely, especially plants or weeds.
The invasive plant species needs to be extirpated to maintain the balance of our local ecosystem.
Often appears as...
- extirpate weeds
- extirpate invasive plants
verb
To wipe out or kill off a species.
Poaching activities could extirpate the species from this region completely.
Often appears as...
- extirpate a species
- extirpate a population
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Comprehensive Removal
Use 'extirpate' to describe the complete and thorough removal of undesirable elements.
Activists hope to extirpate prejudice from society.
Pro Tip 2/3Goal-Oriented
'Extirpate' implies a targeted effort, often by an organization or group, to eliminate something.
The new policy aims to extirpate the illegal trade.
Pro Tip 3/3Strategic Language
Using 'extirpate' can make a statement sound more strategic or action-driven, suitable for formal plans.
The committee's plan will hopefully extirpate the recurring issues.
Pro Tip 1/3Comprehensive Removal
Use 'extirpate' to describe the complete and thorough removal of undesirable elements.
Activists hope to extirpate prejudice from society.
Pro Tip 2/3Goal-Oriented
'Extirpate' implies a targeted effort, often by an organization or group, to eliminate something.
The new policy aims to extirpate the illegal trade.
Pro Tip 3/3Strategic Language
Using 'extirpate' can make a statement sound more strategic or action-driven, suitable for formal plans.
The committee's plan will hopefully extirpate the recurring issues.
Pro Tip 1/3Comprehensive Removal
Use 'extirpate' to describe the complete and thorough removal of undesirable elements.
Activists hope to extirpate prejudice from society.
Pro Tip 2/3Goal-Oriented
'Extirpate' implies a targeted effort, often by an organization or group, to eliminate something.
The new policy aims to extirpate the illegal trade.
Pro Tip 3/3Strategic Language
Using 'extirpate' can make a statement sound more strategic or action-driven, suitable for formal plans.
The committee's plan will hopefully extirpate the recurring issues.
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Video examples
Every Animal Deserves a...
Hawksbill live since illegal poaching and unsustainable fisheries we're bringing these species to regional extirpation in the whole eastern pacific ocean where now there's estimated to be only 500 nesting females left in the whole is in the whole region so fast
Video examples
Every Animal Deserves a...
Hawksbill live since illegal poaching and unsustainable fisheries we're bringing these species to regional extirpation in the whole eastern pacific ocean where now there's estimated to be only 500 nesting females left in the whole is in the whole region so fast
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Quote examples
John Shelton Reed
Sociologist
I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.
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Jay Alan Sekulow
American Lawyer
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over.
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Edmund Phelps
American Economist
Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.
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Francisco Franco
Spanish Leader
The whole secret of the campaigns unleashed against Spain can be explained in two words: masonry and communism... we have to extirpate these two evils from our land.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.
Quote examples
John Shelton Reed
Sociologist
I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.
Quote examples
Jay Alan Sekulow
American Lawyer
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over.
Quote examples
Edmund Phelps
American Economist
Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.
Quote examples
Francisco Franco
Spanish Leader
The whole secret of the campaigns unleashed against Spain can be explained in two words: masonry and communism... we have to extirpate these two evils from our land.
Quote examples
Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.
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