extirpate
extirpate.01 - remove or destroy totally
EXTIRPATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'extripate' based on dictionary.com. Verbnet entry 10.1 44. (from extirpate.01-v predicate notes)EXTIRPATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia for clearearth-biotexts.
Aliases:
extirpate (v.)
extirpation (n.)
extirpation (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: destroyer, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-DIR: place cleared of arg1
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-DIR: place cleared of arg1
extirpate-v: evil beware
JohnARG0
extirpatedrel
the evilARG1
from the worldARG2
with his superpowers .extirpation-n
If a predator hunts its prey species to numbers too low to sustain the population in the short term , they can cause not only the extinction or
extirpationrel
of the preyARG1
but also the extinction of their own species , a phenomenon known as coextinction .