Associations to the word «Extirpate»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

EXTIRPATE, verb. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption".
EXTIRPATE, verb. Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden".
EXTIRPATE, verb. Surgically remove (an organ).

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.