Thesaurus: extirpate

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1. v. t. To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
2. v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
3. v. pull up by or as if by the roots
4. v. surgically remove (an organ)
5. To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy. Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
6. To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate,literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds;to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error orheresy.
7. v:100 v. surgically remove (an organ)