extirpate

Day 53Level 2

EK-stur-payt

destroy

to destroy; wipe out totally

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

exterminate, uproot, annihilate

Example Sentence:

A new network would link up former terrorists and former violent radicals online, in an attempt to extirpate and combat extremism worldwide.

Related Words

erode

uh-BREYD

to wear off by rubbing; to scrape off

outline

a-DUM-brayt

to foreshadow vaguely; outline; indicate

attraction

uh-LOOR

appeal; power to attract

collaboration

kuhm-PLIH-sih-tee

partnership in wrongdoing; state of being an accomplice

disapproval

dis-ap-ruh-BEY-shuhn

disapproval; condemnation

belittle

dis-PAR-aj

to slight or belittle