different between extirpative vs extirpate

English

Etymology

extirpate +? -ive

Adjective

extirpative (comparative more extirpative, superlative most extirpative)

1. Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.

Related terms

• extirpate
• extirpator

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?