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Meaning of extirpated

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

extirpated

verb

Definitions

  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

adjective

Definitions

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extirpatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extirpated

Related words

extinctextinctioneradicateddeceasedfadeddisappearancedisappearedgone