extirpate

Verbs

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

Synonyms

eradicate exterminate root out uproot deracinate

Words of close approximity