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Extirpated vs Extirpates - What's the difference?

extirpated | extirpates |

As verbs the difference between extirpated and extirpates

is that extirpated is (extirpate) while extirpates is .

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).

    • extirpates

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (extirpate)

    • Anagrams

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    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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