1. (

• uproot ,
• extirpate ,
• deracinate ,
• root_out

) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" ;

2. (

• uproot ,
• eradicate ,
• extirpate ,
• root_out ,
• exterminate

) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption" ;