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ex•tir•pate  (ek′stər pāt′, ik stûr′pāt),USA pronunciation v.t., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 
  1. to remove or destroy totally;
    do away with;
    exterminate.
  2. Surgeryto pull up by or as if by the roots;
    root up:to extirpate an unwanted hair.
  • 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
  • 1530–40
ex′tir•pa′tion, n. 
ex′tir•pa′tive, adj. 
ex′tir•pa′tor, n. 

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