extirpate

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extirpate

[′ek·stər‚pāt]

(biology)

To uproot, destroy, make extinct, or exterminate.

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But by ignoring the records of Spanish attempts to extirpate "idolatry," Ramos overlooks the abundant evidence that Andean religion maintained more pre-Hispanic practices than she allows.

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Senator Rabbani reiterated that the government would not bow down to the pressure of terrorists and would extirpate the menace with support of the people.

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The Pakistani army has carried out operations in Mohmand, but it has been unable to extirpate the militants.

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Pay them a right wage, stop the rot, extirpate the bad ones and reward the good ones.

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About President Asif Ali Zardari, Karzai said that he was the man, who from the very core of his heart wanted to extirpate terrorism.

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Repeated digging with religious zeal is required in order to extirpate every last vestige of its roots.

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In 1788, he introduced a resolution at the Baptists' General Committee meeting in Virginia denouncing slavery as "a violent deprivation of the rights of nature and inconsistent with a republican government" and urging the use of "every legal measure to extirpate this horrid evil from the land.

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When she has prejudices, she does her best to apologize for them when she cannot extirpate them.