ERADICATE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

2.
v.

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.

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