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verb

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1. To clear an area of roots and stumps.

2. To pull up by the roots; uproot.

   Synonyms:deracinateeradicateextricateuproot

3. To destroy completely; to annihilate.

   Example: The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.

   Synonyms:annihilatedestroyeradicateexterminate

4. To surgically remove.

   Synonyms:excise