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v. To pull up by the roots.

v. To destroy totally; exterminate. See Synonyms at abolish.

v. To remove by surgery.

v. To clear an area of roots and stumps.

v. To pull up by the roots; uproot.

v. To destroy completely; to annihilate.

v. To surgically remove.

v. To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly

To pull up by the roots; root out; eradicate; get rid of; expel; destroy totally: as, to extirpate weeds or noxious plants from a field; to extirpate cancer or a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Synonyms To uproot, exterminate, abolish, annihilate.

v. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

v. surgically remove (an organ)

v. pull up by or as if by the roots

"The English colonists were thus fulfilling their responsibility to protect as they proceeded to "extirpate" and "exterminate" the natives, in their words -- and for their own good, their honored successors explained."

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extirpated    extirpates    extirpating   

destroy    destruct    remove    take    withdraw    take away   

destroy    annihilate    extinguish    exterminate    root out    eradicate    abolish    deracinate    weed    weed out