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Synonyms
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Meaning:
annihilate

to destroy (a group, community) completely

destroy completely

dug

of dig; to use a tool, machine, claws etc to break up and move (soil etc); make (a way) through, into etc by doing this; make (a hole etc) by doing this

delve into; hollow out

eradicate

to destroy or put an end to (something bad)

destroy; remove

obliterate

to remove all signs of (something); destroy (something)

destroy

uproot

to pull with the roots; to take a person out of one place to work or settle in another

destroy; rip out of a place

ROOT OUT as in Wiktionary
ROOT OUT as in Wikipedia