different between extirpation vs extirpate

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

extirpation (countable and uncountable, plural extirpations)

1. The act of extirpating or uprooting.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

     it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices

Translations

French

Noun

extirpation f (plural extirpations)

1. extirpation

English

Etymology

From Latin exstirp? (“uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) +? stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kst?pe?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??kst?pe?t/
• Hyphenation: ex?tir?pate

Verb

extirpate (third-person singular simple present extirpates, present participle extirpating, simple past and past participle extirpated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.

   Synonyms: uproot, eradicate, extricate, deracinate

3. (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.

   Synonyms: annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate; see also Thesaurus:destroy

4. (transitive) To surgically remove.

   Synonym: excise

Related terms

• extirp
• extirpation
• extirpative
• extirpator

Translations

Further reading

• extirpate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• extirpate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

extirp?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of extirp?