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eradicate

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e⋅rad⋅i⋅cate

  [i-rad-i-keyt]
Use eradicate in a Sentence
–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 ērādīcātus rooted out (ptp. of ērādīcāre), equiv. to ē- e- + rādīc- (s. of rādīx) root 1 + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅rad⋅i⋅cant  [i-rad-i-kuhnt] , adjective, noun
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   (ĭ-rād'ĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates

  1. To tear up by the roots.

  2. 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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