EXTIRPATING
Verb
extirpating
present participle of extirpate
Source: Wiktionary
EXTIRPATE
Ex"tir*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(); p. pr. & vb. n.
Extirpating().] Etym: [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of
extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.]
Definition: To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate,
literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds;
to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or
heresy.
Syn.
– To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate;
extinguish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition