May 14, 2007
extirpate
Filed under: add to del.icio.us
DEFINITION: (verb) To destroy totally; exterminate.
SYNONYMS: eradicate, exterminate, uproot.
USAGE: When the tyrant assumed power, he soon extirpated the vestiges of political democracy.
Free web site tools
provided by The Free Dictionary
No responses to "extirpate"
Comments are closed.