EXTIRPATES Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word extirpates. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| annihilates | verbv | |||||
verb • kill in large numbers | ||||||
| destroys | verbv | |||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||
| eliminates | verbv | |||||
verb • terminate, end, or take out • get rid of something • kill in large numbers • dismiss from consideration or a contest • eliminate from the body • remove from a contest or race • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | ||||||
| eradicates | verbv | |||||
verb • kill in large numbers • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||
| obliterates | verbv | |||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||
| uproot | verbv | |||||
verb • move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment • destroy completely, as if down to the roots • pull up by or as if by the roots | ||||||
| deracinate | verbv | |||||
verb • move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment • pull up by or as if by the roots | ||||||
| eradicate | verbv | |||||
verb • kill in large numbers • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||
| exterminate | verbv | |||||
verb • kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||
| annihilate | verbv | |||||
verb • kill in large numbers | ||||||
| destroy | verbv | |||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||
| excise | verbv | |||||
noun • a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) verb • remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line • levy an excise tax on • remove by cutting | ||||||
| extricate | verbv | |||||
verb • release from entanglement of difficulty | ||||||
| root out | verbv | |||||
verb • pull up by or as if by the roots • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||
