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extirpate
('/E/kst/@/r,p/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • destroy completely, as if down to the roots(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • pull up by or as if by the roots(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • surgically remove (an organ)(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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