extirp-

(Latin: root out, to pluck out by the stem or root)

extirp
extirpable (adjective) (not comparable)
Disposed to being completely wiped out or destroyed; exterminable: Heather was hoping that the poisonous plant in her garden was extirpable and rooted out completely in order to prevent any harm to her children playing there.
extirpate (verb), extirpates; extirpated; extirpateing
1. To utterly remove, to destroy, or to exterminate something completely: Technically, to extirpate something like a weed is to pull it out by the roots and to eliminate it.
2. Etymology: from Latin extirparum, "uprooted"; from ex-, "out" + stirps, "root".
To completely remove or to destroy of something.
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igniextirpation (s), igniextirpations (pl) (noun forms)
1. A surgical procedure in which one or more organs are removed by use of a cautery.
2. Cautery excisions (using devices to destroy tissues by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals).
inextirpable (adjective), more inextirpable, most inextirpable
Impossible of being exterminated; ineradicable: Mrs. Thompson tried to destroy the inextirpable wild boysenberries in her garden because they were dangerous for her little children playing there.
unextirpated