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e·rad·i·cate

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–verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.

1.	to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.

2.	to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent: to eradicate a spot.

3.	to pull up by the roots: to eradicate weeds.

[Origin: 1555–65; < L érādīcātus rooted out (ptp. of érādīcāre), equiv. to é- e- + rādīc- (s. of rādīx) root¹ + -ātus -ate¹

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e·rad·i·cant

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e·rad·i·ca·tion, noun

e·rad·i·ca·tive, adjective

e·rad·i·ca·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. obliterate, uproot, exterminate, annihilate. See abolish.

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e·rad·i·cate Audio Help (ĭ-rād'ĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates

To tear up by the roots.
To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at abolish, eliminate.

[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]

e·rad'i·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj., e·rad'i·ca'tion n., e·rad'i·ca'tive adj., e·rad'i·ca'tor n.

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eradicate
verb
1.	kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: eliminate]
2.	destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: uproot]

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eradicate [iˈradikeit] verb

to get rid of completely
Example: Smallpox has almost been eradicated.

Arabic:	يَسْتَأصِل، يَجْتَثُّ، يَتَخَلَّص من
Chinese (Simplified):	根除
Chinese (Traditional):	根除
Czech:	vymýtit
Danish:	udrydde; afskaffe
Dutch:	uitroeien
Estonian:	välja juurima
Finnish:	voittaa lopullisesti, hävittää perin pohjin
French:	supprimer
German:	ausrotten
Greek:	εξαλείφω
Hungarian:	kipusztít
Icelandic:	útrÿma
Indonesian:	membasmi
Italian:	sradicare

Japanese:	根こそぎにする
Korean:	근절하다
Latvian:	izskaust
Lithuanian:	išnaikinti, išgyvendinti
Norwegian:	utrydde helt, rykke opp med rota
Polish:	wytępić, wykorzenić
Portuguese (Brazil):	erradicar
Portuguese (Portugal):	erradicar
Romanian:	a eradica
Russian:	искоренять
Slovak:	vyhubiť
Slovenian:	izkoreniniti
Spanish:	erradicar
Swedish:	utrota
Turkish:	yok etmek, kökünü kazımak

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Eradicate

A*race"\, v. t. [OE. aracen, arasen, OF. arachier, esracier, F. arracher, fr. L. exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perh. due to L. ab. See Eradicate.] To tear up by the roots; to draw away. [Obs.] --Wyatt.

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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.

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Eradicate

Rad"ish\, n. [F. radis; cf. It. radice, Pr. raditz: all fr. L. radix, -icis, a root, an edible root, especially a radish, akin to E. wort. See Wort, and cf. Eradicate, Race a root, Radix.] (Bot.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Paphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

Radish fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larv[ae] burrow in radishes. It resembles the onion fly.

Rat-tailed radish (Bot.), an herb (Raphanus caudatus) having a long, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten.

Wild radish (Bot.), the jointed charlock.

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