This week's theme: verbs. extirpate (EK-stuhr-payt) verb tr.
1. To destroy completely. 2. To pull up by the roots. [From Latin extirpare (to root out), from stirps (stem, root).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=extirpate -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Shut up, shut up, shut up. Disloyal thoughts must be ruthlessly extirpated." Gene Kerrigan; Screw Democracy, Here's Dear Leader; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Apr 13, 2008. The sponsors of this newsletter are: Learn to think productively and creatively with "Think Better". One of the best creative thinking books ever: http://tenkaizen.com Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones. -Samuel Beckett, author (1906-1989) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/extirpate.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/extirpate.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/extirpate.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
