eradicate

e·rad·i·cate  (-rd-kt)

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.

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[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin rdcre, rdct- : -, ex-, ex- + rdx, rdc-, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·radi·ca·ble (-k-bl) adj.

e·radi·cation n.

e·radi·cative adj.

e·radi·cator n.

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eradicate

Verb

[-cating, -cated] to destroy or get rid of completely: measures to eradicate racism [Latin e- out + radix root]

eradicable adj
eradication n
eradicator n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	eradicate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" annihilate, decimate, wipe out, eliminate, carry off, extinguish decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	2.	eradicate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" extirpate, root out, uproot, exterminate destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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eradicate

verb wipe out, eliminate, remove, destroy, get rid of, abolish, erase, excise, extinguish, stamp out, obliterate, uproot, weed out, annihilate, put paid to, root out, efface, exterminate, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth

Translations

eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vt → erradicar, extirpar

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vt → éliminer

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vt → ausrotten

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vt → sradicare