English-Thai Dictionary

extirpate

VT ทำลาย จน หมดสิ้น (คำ ทางการ  ถอนรากถอนโคน  ทำลายล้าง  กำจัด  annihilate destroy exterminate tam-lai-jon-mod-sin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTIRPATE

v.t.[L. extirpo; ex and stirps, root. ] 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.

 

EXTIRPATED

pp. Plucked up by the roots; rooted out; eradicated; totally destroyed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTIRPATE

Ex "tir *pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated (); p. pr. & vb. n.Extirpating ().] Etym: [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root. ]

 

Defn: To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

 

Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extirpate

ex tir pate |ˈekstərˌpāt ˈɛkstərˌpeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] root out and destroy completely: the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land. DERIVATIVES ex tir pa tion |ˌekstərˈpāSHən |noun, ex tir pa tor |-ˌpātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as extirpation ): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out ’ + stirps ‘a stem. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

extirpate

extirpate |ˈɛkstəːpeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] eradicate or destroy completely: timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago. DERIVATIVES extirpation |-ˈpeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, extirpator noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as extirpation ): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out ’ + stirps ‘a stem ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extirpate

extirpate verb the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land: weed out, destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out, wipe out, eliminate, suppress, crush, put down, put an end to, get rid of. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See destroy . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extirpate

extirpate verb the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land: weed out, destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out, eliminate, suppress, crush, put down, put an end to, put a stop to, do away with, get rid of, wipe out, abolish, extinguish, quash, squash. ANTONYMS found; support.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extirpate

ex tir pate /ékstəː r pèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈悪習 迷信など 〉を根絶 [一掃 ]する, 絶滅させる ▸ strive to extirpate social evils 社会悪を一掃しようと努める 2 〈雑草など 〉を根こそぎにする .3 〘医 〙…を摘出 [切除 ]する .