English
extirpative
From extirpate + -ive.
Formed from extirpate + -ive
Latin stirps ‘the lower part of the trunk of a tree,…’
Latin exstirpō ‘to uproot’
Latin exstirpātus ‘uprooted’
English extirpate
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
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Etymograph / extirpative