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Word of the Day – Extirpate

By January 25, 2020Word of the Day

Extirpate (verb)

eks-tur-payt

Eradicate or destroy completely.

Late Middle English (as extirpation): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out’ + stirps ‘a stem’.

Example sentences

“It’s more than a century since wolves were extirpated from some parts of North America.”

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