extirpate
- IPA[ˈekstərˌpāt]
美式
- root out and destroy completely
verb: extirpate, 3rd person present: extirpates, gerund or present participle: extirpating, past tense: extirpated, past participle: extirpated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. root out and destroy completely the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈɛkstəpeɪt]
英式
- eradicate or destroy completely: timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago
Oxford Dictionary