Main entry: extirpate
Definition: surgically remove (an organ)
Main entry: root out, uproot, deracinate, extirpate
Definition: pull up by or as if by the roots
Usage: uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
Main entry: root out, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, uproot
Definition: destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Usage: the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted root out corruption