1. extirpate - verb
· destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
Synonym(s): uproot, eradicate, root_out, exterminate
Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct
2. extirpate - verb
· pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Synonym(s): uproot, deracinate, root_out
3. extirpate - verb
· surgically remove (an organ)
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
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