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Definition: EXTIRPATED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Extirpate.[Websters]
2. To be deracinated or unrooted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have eradicated, uprooted, excised or ablated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have extracted or lifted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have exterminated, abolished or decimated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have eliminated or liquidated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have cancelled or terminated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have canceled, removed, elicited, annulled or purged.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb extirpate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(extirpate)
1. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.[Wordnet].
2. Pull up by or as if by the roots.[Wordnet].
3. Surgically remove (an organ).[Wordnet].
4. 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.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: extirpating, extirpated, extirpates, extirpator, extirpators, extirpatingly and extirpatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Extirpated" is a common misspelling or typo for: extirpates.

Date "Extirpated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: EXTIRPATED

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Plucked up by the roots; rooted out; eradicated; totally destroyed.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Environment A plant or animal that has been eliminated from a region. (references)
Fisheries 1: A species no longer existing in Canada, but occurring elsewhere on Earth. (references)
  2: A species that has been eliminated from a particular area, but still exists somewhere else. (references)
Transportation Locally extinct. (references)
Water To remove or to destroy totally. (references)
Wiktionary 1: [Adjective] (of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere). (references)
  2: [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of extirpate. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: EXTIRPATED

Expressions Domain Definition
Extirpated species Administration 1: A species rendered extinct in a given area. (references)
    2: A species no longer surviving in regions that were once part of their range. (references)
Extirpated species Mining Species that formerly occurred regularly in an area but have disappeared and are not expected to recur without human assistance. Whereas extinct species have disappeared entirely from the planet. (references)

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Definition: EXTIRPATED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Extirpate.[Websters]
2. To be deracinated or unrooted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have eradicated, uprooted, excised or ablated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have extracted or lifted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have exterminated, abolished or decimated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have eliminated or liquidated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have cancelled or terminated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have canceled, removed, elicited, annulled or purged.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb extirpate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(extirpate)
1. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.[Wordnet].
2. Pull up by or as if by the roots.[Wordnet].
3. Surgically remove (an organ).[Wordnet].
4. 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.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: extirpating, extirpated, extirpates, extirpator, extirpators, extirpatingly and extirpatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EXTIRPATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: EXTIRPATED

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Plucked up by the roots; rooted out; eradicated; totally destroyed.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
EnvironmentA plant or animal that has been eliminated from a region. (references)
Fisheries1: A species no longer existing in Canada, but occurring elsewhere on Earth. (references)
 2: A species that has been eliminated from a particular area, but still exists somewhere else. (references)
TransportationLocally extinct. (references)
WaterTo remove or to destroy totally. (references)
Wiktionary1: [Adjective] (of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere). (references)
 2: [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of extirpate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: EXTIRPATED

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Extirpated speciesAdministration1: A species rendered extinct in a given area. (references)
  2: A species no longer surviving in regions that were once part of their range. (references)
Extirpated speciesMiningSpecies that formerly occurred regularly in an area but have disappeared and are not expected to recur without human assistance. Whereas extinct species have disappeared entirely from the planet. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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