extirpate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
Types & categories
- destroy hypernym
Related & opposite
- extirpation derivation
- eradication derivation
- ruiner derivation
- exterminator derivation
Sense 2 verb
pull up by or as if by the roots
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- extirpation derivation
- deracination derivation
Sense 3 verb
surgically remove (an organ)
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- extirpation derivation
- surgery domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extirpation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eradication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruiner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exterminator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | destroy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extirpation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deracination |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stub |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | extirpation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |