extirpate

  1. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To surgically remove.

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