Extirpate - Definition
extirpate
v 1: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges
of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out
corruption" [syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root
out, exterminate]
2: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has
spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate,
deracinate, root out]
3: surgically remove (an organ)