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extirper

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English

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Etymology

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From extirp +‎ -er.

Noun

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extirper (plural extirpers)

  1. (obsolete) An extirpator.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛk.stiʁ.pe/
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Verb

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extirper

  1. to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)
  2. (medicine) to remove, take out (e.g. an organ)
  3. (figuratively) to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic)
  4. to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)
  5. to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)
  6. (reflexive) to pull oneself out (of somewhere)
    Il s’extirpe du bar pour fumer une clope.
    He drags himself out of the bar to smoke a ciggy.
  7. (colloquial) to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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extirper

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of extirpō