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extirpate

英 ['ekstɜːpeɪt]
  • vt. 使连根拔起;灭绝,破除

英英释意


1. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
2. pull up by or as if by the roots;
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
3. surgically remove (an organ)
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