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arracher

/a.ʁa.ʃe/

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verb/a.ʁa.ʃe/

to uproot, pull up, tear out; to extract, take out (a tooth); to pull off, rip off, peel; to buy, snap up; to fight over (something)

“Il arrache les pattes du moustique.” — He's ripping off the mosquito's legs.

By prefix substitution from Old French esrachier (see also the form arachier), from Latin ērādīcāre. Doublet of éradiquer, which was borrowed.