root out

root out
v. trans.
Pull up by the roots: P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.
Met., P. and V. ἀ̆ναιρεῖν, κᾰθαιρεῖν, V. ἐκτρί̄βειν, ἐκθαμνίζειν ; see destroy.
Having all his house utterly rooted out: V. γένους ἅπαντος ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος (ἐξαμᾶν) (Soph. Aj. 1178).