Pronunciation: ['ek-stêr-peyt]
Definition 1: To completely remove surgically.
Usage 1: Extirpation (action noun), extirpative (adjective), extirpator (agentive noun).
Definition 2: To annihilate, exterminate, destroy completely, especially by rooting out.
Suggested Usage: The close definition is "to eradicate by rooting out," so the verb is best used along these lines: "We are going to extirpate every single source of drugs in the city," or "When we extirpate the last trace of political corruption from society, the development of other forms will be greatly expedited."
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