extirpable

1. 1.

   capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out

   Synonymsexterminable

   Similareradicable

Questions about extirpable

What does extirpable mean?

extirpable means "capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out".

How many syllables are in extirpable?

extirpable has 4 syllables: ex-tir-pa-ble. The stress falls on "tir".

What is another word for extirpable?

Close synonyms include exterminable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is extirpable a common word?

extirpable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.