To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

to destroy completely; Steller's sea cow is extinct because it was hunted for food until the last animal was killed.

The local disappearance of a species, as opposed to extinction, which is global disappearance. [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

To destroy or eliminate a species (plant or animal) from an entire area within its range, but not from the entire planet.

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Completely destroy a population of a species from a region. Compare with exterminate.

To destroy totally; extinction caused by direct human action, such as hunting, trapping, etc.

To exterminate a species only from a specific part of its range.

To cause extinction (used in the ARMP for localized extinction).