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extirpate

/ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt/US // ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt //UK // (ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt) //

剿灭,剿除,剿匪,消灭

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing.

    • : to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
    • : to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.

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Examples

  • Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott has revamped the HR operation and strived to open lines of communication, though the climate of paranoia instilled by late network founder Roger Ailes will take years to extirpate.

  • He had, moreover, the adroitness to extirpate that rivalry which alone destroys all united effort.

  • After a reaction Louis renewed his efforts to extirpate the iniquity, and his son Philip continued to inflict severe penalties.

  • Many causes have combined to extirpate the shy and spirited fish.

  • One of the most pathetic of human fallacies is the assumption that you have only to pass a law in order to extirpate an evil.

  • Grant us to extirpate these impious Mahometans, and to overturn their empire.