verb🔗ShareTo clear an area of roots and stumps."The groundskeeper had to extirpate the old tree stumps before the new playground could be built. "environmentagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pull up by the roots; uproot."The gardener had to extirpate the weeds completely to prevent them from growing back. "plantnatureagricultureenvironmentbiologyecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo destroy completely; to annihilate."The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization."disasterwaractionnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo surgically remove."The dentist had to extirpate the infected nerve from my tooth to stop the pain. "medicineanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
