eradication

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

eradication - the complete destruction of every trace of something obliteration demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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eradication

noun wiping out, abolition, destruction, elimination, removal, extinction, extermination, annihilation, erasure, obliteration, effacement, extirpation, expunction