extirper

ɛkstiʁpe

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of extirper - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

jardinagearracher une plante avec ses racines pour qu'elle ne repousse pas

Il faut extirper toutes les mauvaises herbes du jardin.

arracher

déraciner

éliminationfaire disparaître complètement quelque chose de négatif

Il faut extirper la corruption de cette institution.

éliminer

éradiquer

chirurgie

TECH.

enlever complètement par une opération chirurgicale

TECH.

Le chirurgien va extirper la tumeur demain matin.

enlever

extraire

extractionsortir quelque chose avec beaucoup de difficulté

J'ai réussi à extirper ma voiture de ce parking étroit.

dégager

sortir

interrogatoireobtenir des informations en forçant quelqu'un à parler

Les policiers ont extirpé la vérité au suspect.

arracher

soutirer

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Origin of extirper

latin, exstirpare (arracher)

Examples of extirper in a sentence

Nous devons extirper ces racines envahissantes.
Ils veulent extirper la haine de la société.
Il a réussi à extirper ses mauvaises habitudes.
Le médecin a dû extirper l’appendice en urgence.
On a extirpé le kyste lors de l’opération.
Il a fallu extirper la racine profondément enfouie du sol.

Elle a extirpé la vérité malgré les mensonges.
Ils ont extirpé des aveux après des heures d’interrogatoire.
Le journaliste a extirpé des informations cruciales du témoin.

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English:uproot, eradicate, ...
German:ausreißen, ausmerzen, ...
Italian:estirpare, asportare, ...
Spanish:extirpar, erradicar, ...
Portuguese:extirpar, erradicar, ...
Chinese:连根拔除, 根除, ...
Japanese:根こそぎ抜く, 根絶する, ...
Arabic:اقتلع, أزال من الجذور, ...
Hebrew:לַעֲקוֹר מִן הַשֹּׁרֶשׁ, לַעֲקוֹר, ...
Russian:выкорчевывать, искоренить, ...
Ukrainian:вирвати з корінням, викорінити, ...
Catalan:arrencar amb arrels, eradicar, ...
Danish:rykke op med rode, udrydde, ...
Dutch:uitgraven, uitroeien, ...
Greek:ξεριζώνω, απομακρύνω εντελώς, ...
Hungarian:gyökerestül kitépni, felszámolni, ...
Khmer:ដកទាំងឫស, លុបបំបាត់, ...
Korean:뿌리째 뽑다, 근절하다, ...
Polish:wykorzenić, wyplenić, ...
Portuguese (BR):arrancar, erradicar, ...
Romanian:a smulge, a extirpa, ...
Swedish:rycka upp, rota ut, ...
Thai:ถอนรากถอนโคน, กำจัด, ...
Turkish:kökünden sökmek, tamamen ortadan kaldırmak, ...
Vietnamese:nhổ tận gốc, loại bỏ tận gốc, ...

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