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e⋅rad⋅i⋅cate
[i-rad-i-keyt] 
ɪˌkeɪt
–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. |
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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
[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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Eradication
E*rad`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. eradicatio: cf. F. ['e]radication.]1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction. 2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.
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eradication
1548, from L. eradicationem, noun of action from eradicare "root out," from ex- "out" radix (gen. radicis) "root" (see radish).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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