estirpare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to uproot, pull up (plants)
  2. (transitive) to extract, pull (teeth)
  3. (transitive) to remove (a tumour, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to eradicate, extirpate

Frequency

32k
Hyphenated as
e‧stir‧pà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/es.tirˈpa.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre (“to uproot, root out; to eradicate, extirpate”).

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