Extirpate
31root out — verb 1. pull up by or as if by the roots (Freq. 1) uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden • Syn: ↑uproot, ↑extirpate, ↑deracinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑deracination ( …
32eradicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abolish; blot out, erase, extirpate, exterminate, weed out, eliminate, uproot. See destruction, extraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. extirpate, exterminate, annihilate; see abolish , destroy 1 . See …
33uproot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. extirpate, eradicate, root out, abolish, destroy. See extraction, destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. eradicate, extract, remove, tear up by the roots, excavate, pull up, weed out, rip up. III… …
34Eradicate — E*rad i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eradicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eradicating}.] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See {Radical}.] 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.… …
35Eradicated — Eradicate E*rad i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eradicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eradicating}.] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See {Radical}.] 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree… …
36Eradicating — Eradicate E*rad i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eradicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eradicating}.] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See {Radical}.] 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree… …
37exterminate — transitive verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin exterminatus, past participle of exterminare, from ex + terminus boundary more at term Date: 1591 to get rid of completely usually by killing off < exterminate termites and cockroaches > •… …
38Biological warfare — For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. Weapons of mass destruction …
39Book burning — (a category of biblioclasm, or book destruction) is the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs… …
40Massacre of Glencoe — (Mort Ghlinne Comhann) Part of the first Jacobite uprising Glencoe …
