Thursday, September 18, 2008

EXTIRPATE

to destroy, exterminate, cut out, ex-scind

/destroy completely, as if down to the roots

pull up by as if by the roots

surgically remove

SYN - eradicate, exterminate, root out

"He extirpated the place that Billy had built so that they could say the piece of artwork was all their own."

"While he wanted to extirpate the moldy part of the bread, I thought we should just through the whole loaf away. Jack's death proved I was right."

"He wasn't satisfied with the regular punishment of an hour's detention, he wanted to extirpate this problem by going after it's source."

"She was set on extirpating the weeds in their lawn."

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