This thing is necessary to extirpate the evil of the world.
Source: tatoeba (1880322)
Extirpate
//ˈɛkstəpeɪt//
Synonyms for "extirpate" (117 found)
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69 translations across 22 languages.
Assamese
2 entries- উঘাল verb (to pull up by the roots)
- উভাল verb (to pull up by the roots)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изкореня́вам verb (to pull up by the roots)
- унищожа́вам verb (to destroy completely)
Catalan
3 entries- extirpar verb (to pull up by the roots)
- extirpar verb (to destroy completely)
- extirpar verb (to surgically remove)
Dutch
2 entries- ontwortelen verb (to pull up by the roots)
- uitroeien verb (to destroy completely)
Estonian
1 entries- juurima verb (to pull up by the roots)
Finnish
2 entries- juuria verb (to pull up by the roots)
- poistaa verb (to surgically remove)
French
4 entries- annihiler verb (to destroy completely)
- déraciner verb (to pull up by the roots)
- extirper verb (to pull up by the roots)
- extirper verb (to destroy completely)
German
4 entries- an den Wurzeln herausreißen verb (to pull up by the roots)
- auslöschen verb (to destroy completely)
- ausmerzen verb (to destroy completely)
- ausrotten verb (to destroy completely)
Greek
2 entries- εκριζώνω verb (to surgically remove)
- ξεριζώνω verb (to pull up by the roots)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyökerestül kiirt verb (to pull up by the roots)
- gyökerestül kiirt verb (to destroy completely)
- kiirt verb (to destroy completely)
Ido
1 entries- extirpar verb (to pull up by the roots)
Irish
3 entries- baint ó fhréamh verb (to pull up by the roots)
- léirscrios verb (to destroy completely)
- stoith verb (to pull up by the roots)
Māori
2 entries- ranga verb (to pull up by the roots)
- whakamōtī verb (to destroy completely)
Norwegian
1 entries- rykke opp med roten verb (to pull up by the roots)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- افنا ایتمك verb (to destroy completely)
- قازیمق verb (to destroy completely)
Polish
4 entries- usunąć verb (to surgically remove)
- usuwać verb (to surgically remove)
- wykorzeniać verb (to pull up by the roots)
- wykorzenić verb (to pull up by the roots)
Portuguese
3 entries- extirpar verb (to pull up by the roots)
- extirpar verb (to destroy completely)
- extirpar verb (to surgically remove)
Romanian
1 entries- dezrădăcina verb (to pull up by the roots)
Russian
4 entries- вы́корчевать verb (to pull up by the roots)
- вы́рвать с ко́рнем verb (to pull up by the roots)
- вы́резать verb (to surgically remove)
- выкорчёвывать verb (to pull up by the roots)
Spanish
4 entries- descepar verb (to pull up by the roots)
- descepar verb (to destroy completely)
- extirpar verb (to pull up by the roots)
- extirpar verb (to destroy completely)
Swedish
1 entries- rycka upp med rötterna verb (to pull up by the roots)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bứng verb (to pull up by the roots)
- nhổ rễ verb (to pull up by the roots)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Time passed on. Notwithstanding the extreme measures taken to extirpate the malady, it spread widely and increased in severity. Again the matter was investigated, and again a meeting was convened.
Source: tatoeba (12185128)
But you are not Hercules; nor able to extirpate the Evils of others: nor even Theſeus, to extirpate the Evils of Attica. Extirpate your own then.
Source: wiktionary
The simple object was to expel the natives, and to extirpate the Catholic religion.
Source: wiktionary
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