extirper
Meanings
Verb
1. to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground)
2. to remove, take out (e.g. an organ) (medicine)
3. to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic) (figuratively)
4. to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.)
5. to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)
6. to pull oneself out (of somewhere) (reflexive)
7. to fish out, make someone cough up (obtain e.g. information from someone) (colloquial)
Examples17
Il s'extirpe du bar pour fumer une clope.
He drags himself out of the bar to smoke a ciggy.
Extirpe-le de la maison !
Get it out of the house.
Extirpez-le de la maison !
Get it out of the house.
Je voulais m'extirper le travail de la tête.
I wanted to get my mind off work.
Nous réussîmes à nous extirper de là.
We made it out of there.
Nous avons réussi à nous extirper de là.
We made it out of there.