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Word of the Day : November 20, 2022
extirpate \EK-ster-payt\ verb
What It Means
Extirpate means “to destroy completely,” and is often—though not exclusively—used in reference to plant and animal populations. It can also be used to mean “to pull up by the root” and “to cut out by surgery.”
// Despite the years-long effort to extirpate it from the landscape, purple loosestrife continues to thrive in the town’s wetlands.
// The district attorney is vowing to extirpate political corruption from City Hall if she is elected mayor.
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