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Rareextirpated
The correct spelling is extirpated.
How to pronounce extirpated
verb
Say it like: Ext-irp-ate-d
The correct spelling is extirpated. To clear an area of roots and stumps. For example: "The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization."
Usage Examples
“The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To clear an area of roots and stumps.
- 2.To pull up by the roots; uproot.
- 3.To destroy completely; to annihilate.
- 4.To surgically remove.
adjective
- 1.(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).
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