Meaning of extirpate

Definition of extirpate

(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
surgically remove (an organ)

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