| verb | destroy completely, as if down to the roots “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted” |
| verb | pull up by or as if by the roots “uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden” |
| verb | surgically remove (an organ) |
| uprooter | noun | a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to |
| eradication | noun | the complete destruction of every trace of something |
| eradicator | noun | someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) |
| extirpation | noun | the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence |
| deracination | noun | to move something from its natural environment |