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(v)
uproot
,
eradicate
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extirpate
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root out
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exterminate
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”
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“root out corruption”
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(v)
uproot
,
extirpate
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deracinate
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root out
pull up by or as if by the roots
“uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”
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(v)
extirpate
surgically remove (an organ)
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