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Eradicate

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Verb (transitive)
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e=rad=i=cate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Eradicate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Eradicatev. t. [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.].
  •  To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.  [1913 Webster]
    "This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment."
Syn. -- To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Eradicate, v.tr. root out; destroy completely; get rid of.

Derivative
eradicable adj. eradication n. eradicator n.
Etymology
ME f. L eradicare tear up by the roots (as E-, radix -icis root)

THESAURUS

Eradicate

abate, abolish, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, avulse, ban, bar, blot, bob, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, deport, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, dispose of, dock, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eject, elide, eliminate, enucleate, evolve, evulse, excavate, except, excise, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, exsect, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate, get out, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, gouge out, grub up, isolate, knock off, liquidate, lop, mine, mutilate, nip, outlaw, pare, peel, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, prune, pull, pull out, pull up, purge, quarry, rake out, remove, rip out, root out, root up, rule out, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, stamp out, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, sweep away, take off, take out, tear out, throw over, throw overboard, truncate, unearth, unravel, uproot, weed out, wipe out, withdraw, wrest out

ROGET THESAURUS

Eradicate

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Extraction

VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.

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