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Extirp vs Extirpate - What's the difference?

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Extirpate is a related term of extirp.



As verbs the difference between extirp and extirpate

is that extirp is to extirpate while extirpate is to clear an area of roots and stumps.

extirp

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To extirpate.
    • It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. — Shakespeare.
    (Webster 1913)

    extirpate

    English

    Verb

    (extirpat)
  • (obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
  • To pull up by the roots; uproot.
  • To destroy completely; to annihilate.
  • To surgically remove.

    • Synonyms

    * (to pull up by the roots) uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate * (to destroy completely) annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate * (to surgically remove) excise * See also

    Related terms

    * extirp * extirpation * extirpative * extirpator

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