extirpate(verb) verb1. destroy completely, as if down to the rootsSimilar word(s): eradicate, exterminate, uprootDefinition categories: creation, destroy, destruct2. pull up by or as if by the rootsSimilar word(s): deracinate, uprootDefinition categories: contact, displace, move3. surgically remove (an organ)Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw