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e·rad·i·cate    Audio Help   [i-rad-i-keyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
1.to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.
2.to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent: to eradicate a spot.
3.to pull up by the roots: to eradicate weeds.
[Origin: 1555–65; < L érādīcātus rooted out (ptp. of érādīcāre), equiv. to é- e- + rādīc- (s. of rādīx) root1 + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
e·rad·i·cant    Audio Help   [i-rad-i-kuhnt] Pronunciation Key, adjective, noun
e·rad·i·ca·tion, noun
e·rad·i·ca·tive, adjective
e·rad·i·ca·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. obliterate, uproot, exterminate, annihilate. See abolish.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  eradicate
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  abolish, annihilate, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, kill, obliterate, raze, remove, smother, trash, uproot, deracinate
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  annihilate
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To destroy all traces of.
Synonyms:  abolish, blot out, clear, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root, rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out
Idioms:  do away with, make an end of, put an end to
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  eliminate
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution.
Synonyms:  liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out
Idioms:  do away with, put an end to
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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