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EXTIRPATE

Definition:

[verb] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
Synonyms: uproot, eradicate, exterminate
[verb] pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Synonyms: uproot, deracinate, root out
[verb] surgically remove (an organ)