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Showing words for EXTIRPATIVE using the English dictionary
11 Letter Words for Extirpative
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Definitions for Extirpative
[1] to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
[2] to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
[3] to remove or destroy completely
[4] to pull up or out; uproot
[5] to remove (an organ or part) surgically
Words related to Extirpative
extirpateefface, demolish, excise, exterminate, expunge, remove, abolish, abate, erase, kill, eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, raze, eradicate, deracinate, exsect
Words nearby Extirpative
extirpateextinctive, extine, extinguish, extinguishant, extinguisher, extirpate, extirpation, extn., extol, extorsion, extorsive
Origin of Extirpative
e1530–40; < Latin ex(s)tirpātus plucked up by the stem (past participle of ex(s)tirpāre ), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + stirp- (stem of stirps ) stem + -ātus -ate1
Other words from Extirpative
ex·tir·pa·tion , noun
ex·tir·pa·tive , adjective
ex·tir·pa·tor , noun
un·ex·tir·pat·ed , adjective
Word origin for Extirpative
eC16: from Latin exstirpāre to root out, from stirps root, stock
Synonyms for Extirpative
calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, damaging, deadly, detrimental, disastrous, fatal, harmful, hurtful, lethal, pernicious, ruinous, suicidal, toxic, annihilative, baleful, baneful, cancerous, consumptive, cutthroat, deleterious, dire, eradicative, evil, fell, internecine, lethiferous, mortal, noisome, noxious, pestiferous, pestilential, slaughterous, venomous, wrackful, wreckful