extirpate

/ɛkstˈɜːpe‍ɪt/

/ˈɛkstɝˌpeɪt/

to extirpate

MAIN VERB

pull up by or as if by the roots

synonyms : deracinate

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

synonyms : eradicate

surgically remove (an organ)

Examples

1. But the native fauna was extirpated in the last glacial maximum.

2. Sadly, populations have been extirpated, in many areas of their natural range.

3. In any glacial landscape-- so here, North America, glaciated landscape, earthworms were extirpated.

4. The melanoma was extirpated, but the injury was very deep and the tumour has already spread to the brain and other organs.