Hyphenation of extirpate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extirpate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ex-tir-pate

Definitions of extirpate:

1.	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption
2.	Pull up by or as if by the roots Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
3.	Surgically remove (an organ)

Synonyms of extirpate:

verb	uproot, eradicate, exterminate, destroy, destruct
verb	uproot, deracinate, root out, move, displace
verb	remove, take, take away, withdraw

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