extirpate
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They were maneuvered as follows: The dredge descended with the extirpators pointing upward.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
For this purpose Mr. Chavatte used rakes which were in form exactly like those of the extirpators, U and V, of Figs.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
It is not their grace, now serious, Now malicious, now mysterious, That appeals to his utilitarian mind; But, when viewed as extirpators Of disease-disseminators, Then he looks with admiration on their kind.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
But she always appears in her greatest glory, without disguise, to the true, good, and honest Free Masons; that is to say, to the zealous extirpators of superstition and lies.
From The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by Morgan, William
Are you," said he, "administrators of the new code of criminal justice, or sworn extirpators of inconvenient rectitude.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane
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