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2 definitions found 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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