(transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps. / (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot. / (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate, to cause to go extinct locally.

simple past tense and past participle of extirpate

(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extirpate

The act of extirpating or uprooting.

present participle of extirpate

plural of extirpation

Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.

plural of extirpator

someone or something that extirpates