extirpate
(en)
(verb) to destroy completely; wipe out / (verb) to pull up by the root / (verb) to cut out by surgery
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The “hikes” did great damage, but they couldn’t themselves extirpate the rebellion.
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4 years ago
The “hikes” did great damage, but they couldn’t themselves extirpate the rebellion.
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4 years ago
parlous
(en)
(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious
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Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, taking out the island’s power grid, water system, and communications. It also exposed the parlous state of affairs in the United States’ largest remaining colony
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4 years ago
Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, taking out the island’s power grid, water system, and communications. It also exposed the parlous state of affairs in the United States’ largest remaining colony
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4 years ago