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EXTIRPABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extirpable mean?
• EXTIRPABLE (adjective)
The adjective EXTIRPABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out
Familiarity information: EXTIRPABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out
Synonyms:
exterminable; extirpable
Similar:
eradicable (able to be eradicated or rooted out)
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