extirpate

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extirpate Definition

• (v) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
• (v) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
• (v) surgically remove (an organ)

extirpate Synonyms

• deracinate
• eradicate
• exterminate
• extirpate
• root out
• uproot