different between extirpator vs extirpate

English

Etymology

extirpate +? -or

Noun

extirpator (plural extirpators)

1. someone or something that extirpates

Latin

Verb

extirp?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of extirp?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of extirp?

References

• extirpator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• extirpator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

From French extirpateur

Noun

extirpator n (plural extirpatori)

1. extirpator

Declension

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?