v. t. | 1. | To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; |
Verb | 1. | extirpate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" |
2. | extirpate - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" | |
3. | extirpate - surgically remove (an organ) |