Extirpates

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  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extirpate.
  • Word Usage
    "The woman with the metastatic cancer is not going to be cured by a radical mastectomy, no matter how aggressively and meticulously Halsted extirpates the tumor in her breast: her cancer is no longer a local problem."
    Antonym
    plant   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destroy    destruct    remove    take    withdraw   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    destroy    annihilate    extinguish    exterminate    root out