extirpate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extirpate | |
| he / she / it extirpates | |
| past simple extirpated | |
| past participle extirpated | |
| -ing form extirpating |
- extirpate something
to destroy or get rid of something that is bad or not wanted 消灭，根除，除掉（坏的或不需要的事物） Word Originlate Middle English (as extirpation): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out’ + stirps ‘a stem’.