English

Noun

extirper ‎(plural extirpers)

1. (obsolete) An extirpator.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

French

Verb

extirper

1. to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)
2. (medicine) to remove, take out (e.g. an organ)
3. (figuratively) to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic)
4. to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)
5. to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)
6. (reflexive) to pull oneself out (of somewhere)

   Il s'extirpe du bar pour fumer une clope.

   He drags himself out of the bar to smoke a ciggy.

7. (colloquial) to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone)

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

extirper

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of extirpō