Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryuproot the vine that has spread all over the garden Source: Internet
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted Source: Internet
root out corruption Source: Internet
And within agricultural systems, hunting served to kill animals that prey upon domestic and wild animals or to attempt to extirpate animals seen by humans as competition for resources such as water or forage. Source: Internet
At the time, the Hudson's Bay Company sent word to trappers to extirpate all furbearers from the area in an effort to make the area less attractive to U.S. fur traders. Source: Internet
How many of us, it asks, foresee that electricity may extirpate the songbird? Source: Internet