extirpate

v 1: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges

of political democracy were soon uprooted" [syn: {uproot},

{eradicate}, {exterminate}]

2: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has

spread all over the garden" [syn: {uproot}, {deracinate},

{root out}, {pull up}]