extirpate
vt.
3pat#ed, 3pat#ing 5< L extirpatus, pp. of extirpare, exstirpare, to root out < ex3, out + stirps, lower part of a tree, root < IE base *ster3, stiff > STARE, STARVE, STARK6
1 to pull up by the roots; root out
2 to destroy or remove completely; exterminate; abolish
—SYN EXTERMINATE
ex#tir[pa4tion
n.
ex4tir[pa#tive
adj.