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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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