Their job was to extirpate all of the weeds in the garden. From LearnThat.org.
The true way is to discover and to extirpate the germs. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
But gradually and secretly do they extirpate their doers. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
He declared in plain terms that the Council was to extirpate the. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
I swear solemnly that I shall extirpate all the genies in the world, and him first. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
Then and there it was that brigandage has flourished, and has been difficult to extirpate. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
He had, moreover, the adroitness to extirpate that rivalry which alone destroys all united effort. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Now don't attempt to extirpate yourself from the matter; you know I have proof controvertible of it. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
The prince-bishops of those territories had long been anxious to extirpate Lutheranism from their dioceses. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
He should also win over the affections of the spies of his enemies, but extirpate them when opportunity occurs. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
There were two evils which Gregory was resolved to extirpate: lay investitures, and the incontinence of the clergy. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
By them the cultivation was strictly restricted to Amboyna, every effort being made to extirpate the plant elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
But on a sudden the Jesuits determined to extirpate them, and the storm broke out with the most inveterate vehemence. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
He banished the use of gold and scarlet from among the clergy, and labored to extirpate all the irregularities among the people. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
He could hardly extirpate it, and if the seed had stunted growth he knew of no inward manure that might cause it to grow any more. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
And whilst Spaniards in Philippine waters were straining every nerve to extirpate slavery, their countrymen were diligently pursuing. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
My ancestors had more trouble to extirpate these superstitious ideas from the mind than they had in getting rid of disease and crime. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
The massacre was an attempt to extirpate the Huguenots, root and branch, at a time when peace prevailed between them and their opponents. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
The people had made many attempts to extirpate these manitoes, but the war parties that went out for this purpose were always unsuccessful. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian] Reference
He was naturally very truthful, and, although the invariable tendency of opium-eaters is to extirpate this quality, could not flatter himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
Are millions of years adequate as a cause, when associated with all the forces known in nature, to produce new species and extirpate old ones?. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880] Reference
I shall today, with my straight arrows, extirpate the Kuru forest having hands and feet and heads and backs and arms for the branches of its trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
But, my dear, granting your father and mother and yourself to be right, don't you see I am doing more to extirpate the evil than you, with all your principle?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
It is impossible to extirpate the taste, but it would be easy to regulate and in some degree control it; and these are the proper and legitimate aims of a Government. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850] Reference
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