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|lshtext=<b>ex-stirpo</b>: (ext-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[pluck]] up by the [[stem]] or [[root]], to [[root]] [[out]], [[extirpate]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[only]] [[post]]-Aug.): arbores, Curt. 7, 8, 7; cf. lucos, id. 7, 5, 17; and: [[silva]] exstirpata procellis, Prud. Hamart. 241: pilos de corpore toto, Mart. 6, 56, 3.— Transf.: [[silvestris]] [[ager]] decrescente [[luna]] utilissime exstirpatur, is cleared from [[stubble]], Col. 11, 2, 52: agros arboribus [[atque]] virgultis, Pall. Jul. 1, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[root]] [[out]], [[eradicate]], [[extirpate]] ([[class]].): vitia et [[funditus]] tollere, Cic. Fat 5, 11: ex [[animo]] humanitatem, id. Lael. 13, 48: perturbationes, id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: nomina inimica libertati, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16 med.: virtutem Israël, Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 35.
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