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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.