extirpating

/EH1 K S T ER0 P EY0 T IH0 NG/

verb

1
To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
syn:deracinate eradicate extricate uproot
3
To destroy completely; to annihilate.
“The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.”
syn:annihilate destroy eradicate exterminate
4
To surgically remove.
syn:excise

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