extirpate

/ˈɛkstəpeɪt/

verb

To clear an area of roots and stumps.
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
Similar: deracinate, eradicate, extricate, uproot
To destroy completely; to annihilate.
"The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization."
Similar: annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate

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