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extirpate
verb
Surgically remove (an organ)
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ˈɛkstəpeɪt
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verb
Surgically remove (an organ)
verb
Pull up by or as if by the roots
“Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”
verb
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
“The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”
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Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
The vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
Root out corruption
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