ERADICATE

eradicate. Eradicate, v.t. to root up or out, destroy, cut off

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E‐rad″i‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating (?).] [[L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]] 1. 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
2. 2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment. Southey. Syn. — To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.