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Extirpate (Verb)

Surgically remove (an organ).

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The surgeon had to extirpate the infected gallbladder to prevent further complications.
Doctors decided to extirpate the damaged kidney to make way for a healthy transplant.
The operation required the surgeon to extirpate a tumor from the patient's lung.
The surgical team was tasked with carefully extirpating the diseased pancreas.
Extirpating the failed donor kidney was necessary to save the patient's life.

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

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

To extirpate the invasive species, conservationists worked tirelessly to manually remove every last plant from the fragile ecosystem.
The goal of the project was to extirpate the aggressive weeds that had overgrown the entire field, threatening the native flora.
Scientists had difficulty finding a method that could successfully extirpate the noxious vines which were strangling the trees in the forest.
Landowners made a concerted effort to extirpate the kudzu that had taken over large areas of their property, weakening the soil.
To preserve the natural habitat, park rangers sought to extirpate non-native plants that had begun to choke out the native species.

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

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Extirpate has become a rallying cry for many activists who want to root out systemic racism from our institutions.
Efforts to extirpate every last weed from the garden proved to be a daunting task.
The health department launched a program to extirpate the mosquito population in the area since they were spreading diseases.
The writer's opinionated essay called for a complete overhaul of the system to extirpate any form of social inequality.
The team of researchers have dedicated themselves to the discovery of a vaccine that can extirpate the virus entirely.