extirpate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
extirpate
v.
destroy, eradicate; uproot; cut out surgically, remove by surgery
Local extinction
Local extinction, or
extirpation, is the condition of a
species (or other
taxon) that ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local
extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions.
extirpate
Verb
1. destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
(synonym) uproot, eradicate, exterminate
(hypernym) destroy, destruct
(derivation) extirpation, excision, deracination
2. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
(synonym) uproot, deracinate, root out
(hypernym) move, displace
(derivation) extirpation, excision, deracination
3. surgically remove (an organ)
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(derivation) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
(classification) surgery
extirpar
v.
extirpate, eradicate; remove; cut out, excise
Extirpate
(v. t.)
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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