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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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