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eradicate
e·rad·i·cate [ i ráddi kàyt ] (past and past participle e·rad·i·cat·ed, present participle e·rad·i·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular e·rad·i·cates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
get rid of something completely: to destroy or get rid of something completely, so that it can never recur or return
[15th century. < Latin eradicat-, past participle of eradicare "pull up by the roots" < radix "root"]

e·rad·i·ca·ble adjective
e·rad·i·ca·bly adverb
e·rad·i·ca·tion [ i ràddi káysh'n ] noun
e·rad·i·ca·tive adjective
e·rad·i·ca·tor noun
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