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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eradicate \E*rad"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eradicated}; p.
pr & vb n. {Eradicating}.] [L. eradicatus p. p. of
eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See
{Radical}.]
1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up as an oak tree
eradicated.
2. To root out to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as to
eradicate diseases, or errors.
This although now an old an inveterate evil, might
be eradicated by vigorous treatment. --Southey.
Syn: To extirpate; root out exterminate; destroy;
annihilate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
eradicate
v 1: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {extinguish},
{wipe out}, {decimate}, {carry off}]
2: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges
of political democracy were soon uprooted" [syn: {uproot},
{extirpate}, {exterminate}]
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