Sentence:  The State has no tool delicate enough to <WSD>deracinate</WSD> the rooted habits and tangled affections of the family; the two sexes, whether happy or unhappy, are glued together too tightly for us to get the blade of a legal penknife in between them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.