extirpate
verb
[ ˈɛkstəːpeɪt ]
• eradicate or destroy completely.
• "timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago"
Similar:
weed out,
destroy,
eradicate,
stamp out,
root out,
eliminate,
suppress,
crush,
put down,
put an end to,
put a stop to,
do away with,
get rid of,
wipe out,
abolish,
extinguish,
quash,
squash,
Origin:
late Middle English (as extirpation ): from Latin exstirpare, from ex- ‘out’ + stirps ‘a stem’.
