13
eradicate(verb, separate, remove, destroy, crush)
11
extirpate(verb, separate, remove, destroy, crush)
9
uproot(verb, separate, remove, destroy, eliminate)
9
exterminate(verb, remove, destroy, crush, obscure)
7
deracinate(verb, eliminate, overthrow, annihilate, extinguish)
7
ferret out(verb, search)
6
annihilate(verb, remove, destroy, obscure, kill)
6
destroy(verb, remove, obscure, kill, eliminate)
6
eliminate(verb, remove, destroy, obscure, kill)
6
get rid of(verb, expression, idiom)
5
dig out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, determine, follow)
5
discover(verb, turn, produce, follow, clean)
5
liquidate(verb, remove, destroy, crush, obscure)
5
unearth(verb, separate, determine, turn, produce)
5
wipe out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, remove, destroy)
4
dig(verb, turn, till, curve, plow)
4
dig up(verb, phrasal verb)
4
weed(verb, action, act, separation, removal)
4
weed out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, separate, remove)
3
abate(verb, remove, destroy, crush, kill)
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