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extirpate
1. to destroy totally, eradicate, exterminate; 2. to pull out by the roots
Countless people have tried to extirpate the enormous tree of intolerance, but it seems they have only pruned away a few of the smaller branches.
Related English words: extirpation, extirpative (tending to extirpate), extirpator
Latin root words: exstirpo, exstirpare, exstirpavi, exstirpatus - to root out, eradicate; ex (prep. w/ abl.) - out of, from; stirpitus (adv.) - by the roots; stirps, stirpis, f. - the lower part of a plant
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