Worthless Word for the Day

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the worthless word for the day is: extirp

[ad. F. extirper, ad. L. ex(s)tirpare]
obs. or arch. extirpate (to root out, exterminate)

"Who such a black concatenation
Of mischief hath effected, that to extirp
The memory of't must be the consummation
Of her and her projections--"
- John Webster, The White Devil

[T]he vice is of a great kindred, it is well allied:
but it is impossible to extirp it quite, friar,
till eating and drinking be put down.
- Shakespeare, Measure for Measure (III. ii. 110)

"Errors or defects in the details are readily
extirped or supplied."
- John Austin, Lectures on jurisprudence (1873)