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extirpate, v.
(extirpated, extirpates, extirpating)
freq. cnt. 2
more info destroy completely, as if down to the roots
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

eradicate exterminate extirpate root out uproot

sample sentences

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
"root out corruption"

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hypernym
more info surgically remove (an organ)
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extirpate

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Somebody ----s something
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domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
more info pull up by or as if by the roots
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

deracinate extirpate root out uproot

sample sentences

"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

verb frames

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derivationally related form
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