Synonyms of extirpate
56 similar words
Another word for extirpate is eliminate. Other synonyms of extirpate are ruin, eradicate, harry, subvert and disperse.
Synonyms and similar words for extirpate
verbTo pull up by the roots; uproot.
- uprootTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- eradicateTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
- extricate
- deracinateTo pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
verbTo destroy completely; to annihilate.
- annihilate
- destroy
- exterminate
- aerosolize
- atomize
- bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- blot out
- blotto
- dashTo ruin; to destroy.
- decompose
- demolish
- desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- devastate
- diffuse
- disintegrate
- disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- dissolve
- eliminateTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- erase
- extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
- harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
- jazz
- lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- level
- liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
- nukeTo destroy or erase completely.
- obliterateTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- overturn
- pull down
- pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
- razeTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from...
- ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- remove
- ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- ruinate
- stamp out
- total
- subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- unbreed figuratively
- unexist
- unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
- waste
- wipe out
- wipe off
- wreck
- benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- fordo obsolete
- overthrow rare
- race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
verbTo surgically remove.
Meaning of extirpate
- verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- verb To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- verb To destroy completely; to annihilate.
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