extirpate

v.根除

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
extirpate (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to destroy completely - wipe out
b) to pull up by the root
2.
to cut out by surgery exterminate
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
extirpate (verb)
to destroy all traces of
SYNONYMS:
abolish, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out
RELATED WORDS:
decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage; dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down; ruin, total, waste, wreck; blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash; atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter; doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap; cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out
NEAR ANTONYMS:
conserve, preserve, protect, save; build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape; fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp
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