extirpate vs destroy

extirpate and destroy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
extirpate	No	No	Yes	No
destroy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, destroy is a hypernym of extirpate; that is, destroy is a word with a broader meaning than extirpate:

Other hypernyms of extirpate include destruct.

extirpate (verb)	destroy (verb)
surgically remove (an organ)	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
pull up by or as if by the roots	destroy completely; damage irreparably
destroy completely, as if down to the roots	put (an animal) to death
	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of