extirpate

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verb

1. destroy completely, as if down to the roots (Freq. 2)
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
• Syn:
uproot, eradicate, root out, exterminate
• Derivationally related forms:
extirpation, eradication (for: eradicate), eradicator (for: eradicate), uprooter (for: uproot)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. pull up by or as if by the roots
- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
• Syn:
uproot, deracinate, root out
• Derivationally related forms:
deracination (for: deracinate), extirpation
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
stub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. surgically remove (an organ)
• Derivationally related forms:
extirpation
• Topics:
surgery
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  uproot, deracinate, root out, eradicate, exterminate