uproot (v)
eradicate (v)
extirpate (v)
root out (v)
exterminate (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 36
def destroy completely, as if down to the roots
examples the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym destroy, destruct
Derivationally related form extirpate → extirpation
Derivationally related form eradicate → eradication
Derivationally related form eradicate → eradicator
Derivationally related form uproot → uprooter
Incoming links
Derivationally related form extirpation → extirpate
Derivationally related form eradication → eradicate
Derivationally related form uprooter → uproot
Derivationally related form eradicator → eradicate
Hyponym destroy, destruct

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