(transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps. / (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot. / (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate, to cause to go extinct locally.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extirpate

(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).

simple past tense and past participle of extirpate

plural of extirpation

present participle of extirpate

The act of extirpating or uprooting.

Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.

plural of extirpator

someone or something that extirpates