extirpatorn.
/ˈɛkstəpeɪtə//ɛkˈstəːpətə/ One who, or that which, extirpates.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation > one who or that which eradicates or extirpates
extirperc1503
voiderc1528
rooter1560
disperser1580
depeller1597
eradicator1659
extirpator1706
dispeller1717
uprooter1828
dispellent1869
extirpationist1881
the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools
weed hookeOE
weeding hook1378
weedera1425
brier-crook1483
tongs?1523
weeding knife1598
broom-hook1660
weeder knifea1796
shovel-plough1801
extirpator1807
shovel-cultivator1869
thistle-digger1877
thistle-spud1896
thistle-cutter1901
flamethrower1915
flame gun1931
weed cutter2000
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Extirpator one that Extirpates or Destroys, as an Extirpater of Heresies.
1776–83 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (ed. 2) I. 283 These extirpators with all their industry can only execute their commission upon the coast.
1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) I. 35 The extirpator is a machine of this sort..for detroying weeds.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xii. 264 The great extirpator of episcopacy.
1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board III. viii. 115 Three men..extirpators of heresy.
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