What are some opposite words for extirpate?

Antonyms for extirpate
ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪtex·tir·pate

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  1. extirpateverb

    To clear an area of roots and stumps.

    Synonyms:
    uproot, exterminate, annihilate, destroy, eradicate, extricate, deracinate, excise

  2. extirpateverb

    To pull up by the roots; uproot.

    Synonyms:
    exterminate, deracinate, destroy, extricate, uproot, annihilate, eradicate, excise

  3. extirpateverb

    To destroy completely; to annihilate.

    Synonyms:
    excise, destroy, deracinate, extricate, eradicate, annihilate, exterminate, uproot

  4. extirpateverb

    To surgically remove.

    Synonyms:
    extricate, deracinate, excise, uproot, exterminate, annihilate, destroy, eradicate

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  1. extirpate

    Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

    Antonyms:
    authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

    Synonyms:
    abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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  1. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb

    destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

    Synonyms:
    kill off, annihilate, deracinate, eliminate, uproot, decimate, exterminate, root out, wipe out, extinguish, eradicate, carry off

  2. uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root outverb

    pull up by or as if by the roots

    "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

    Synonyms:
    eradicate, root out, deracinate, uproot, exterminate

  3. extirpateverb

    surgically remove (an organ)

    Synonyms:
    eradicate, root out, deracinate, uproot, exterminate

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