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Extirpated vs Exterminated - What's the difference?

extirpated | exterminated |

As verbs the difference between extirpated and exterminated

is that extirpated is (extirpate) while exterminated is (exterminate).

As an adjective extirpated

is (of a species) locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).

extirpated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (extirpate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).

    • exterminated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exterminate)

    • exterminate

    English

    Verb

    (exterminat)
  • To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
    • We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.
  • (figuratively) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.
    • Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.

    Synonyms

    * (to kill all) annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot * (to bring an end to) stamp out * See also

    Derived terms

    * extermination * exterminative * exterminator * exterminatory

    Related terms

    * terminate * termination * terminator