Defn: Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. Evelyn.
EXTIRPATE
Ex"tir*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(); p. pr. & vb. n.
Extirpating().] Etym: [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of
extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. — To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
EXTIRPATION Ex`tir*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.]
Defn: The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
EXTIRPATIVE
Ex"tir*pa*tive, a.
Defn: Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. Cheyne.
EXTIRPATOR Ex"tir*pa`tor, n. Etym: [L. extirpator, exstirpator: cf. F. extirpateur.]
Defn: One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.