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Extirpate

Webster's Dictionary

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Extirpate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/extirpate.html. 1828.