[ex.tir.pate] vt -pat.ed ; -pat.ing [L exstirpatus, pp. exstirpare, fr. ex- + stirp-, stirps trunk, root--more at torpid] (1535) 1 a: to destroy completely: wipe out b: to pull up by the root
2: to cut out by surgery syn see exterminate -- ex.tir.pa.tion n -- ex.tir.pa.tor n