extirper

Meaning

  1. to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)
  2. to remove, take out (e.g. an organ)
  3. (figuratively) to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic)
  4. to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)
  5. to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)
  6. (reflexive) to pull oneself out (of somewhere)
  7. (colloquial) to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone)

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛk.stiʁ.pe/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre. Doublet of étréper.

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