Extirpate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Synonyms: eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.