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Webster 1828 Edition
Extirpate
EX'TIRPATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pull or pluck up by the roots; to root out; to eradicate; to destroy totally; as, to extirpate weeds or noxious plants from a field.2.
To eradicate; to root out; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate error or heresy; to extirpate a sect.3.
In surgery, to cut out; to cut off; to eat out; to remove; as, to extirpate a wen.