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Synonyms
e·rad·i·cate (ĭ-răd́ĭ-kāt́)

[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt-, ē-, ex-, ex-, + rādīx, rādīc-, root.]

transitive verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -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 See synonyms at eliminate

derivatives

e·rad́i·ca·ble
adjective
e·rad́i·cátion
noun
e·rad́i·cátive
adjective
e·rad́i·cátor
noun