vverb.creationdestroy completely, as if down to the rootsSynset:eradicate exterminate root out uproot
Examples:- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
- root out corruption
Derivationally Related Form:eradicationuprootereradicatorextirpation
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:uprootdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.contactpull up by or as if by the rootsSynset:deracinate root out uproot
Examples:- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
Derivationally Related Form:extirpationderacination
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:uprootmove
Direct Hyponyms:stub
Full Troponyms:stub
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changesurgically remove (an organ)Topic:surgery
Derivationally Related Form:extirpation
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:extirpateremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something