EXTIRPATING

Verb

extirpating

present participle of extirpate

Source: Wiktionary

EXTIRPATE

Ex"tir*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating().] Etym: [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.]

Definition: To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Syn.

– To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition