AVERRUNC'ATE, verb intransitive [Latin averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.]
To root up; to scrape or tear away by the roots.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
AVERRUNC'ATE, verb intransitive [Latin averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.]
To root up; to scrape or tear away by the roots.