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English to English verb
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots |  | Example: the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
root out corruption
source: wordnet30
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pull up by or as if by the roots | | Example: uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
source: wordnet30
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surgically remove (an organ) | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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