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extirpate
/ˈɛkstɚˌpeɪt/ · 9 letters · 7 distinct letters
- verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
- verb
pull up by or as if by the roots
uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
- verb
surgically remove (an organ)