Extirpate /(?; 277)/

Ex·tir·pate

Extirpate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Extirpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating

  1. 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.