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To eradicate is defined as to completely destroy or wipe something out.

(verb)

An example of to eradicate is what an exterminator does to the fleas in your house.

The definition of eradicate is to pull something out by the roots.

(verb)

An example of to eradicate is to take out all the dandelions from a garden.

See eradicate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb eradicated, eradicating

to tear out by the roots; uproot
to get rid of; wipe out; destroy

Origin: ME eradicaten < L eradicatus, pp. of eradicare, to root out < e-, out + radix (gen. radicis), root

Related Forms:

eradicable adjective
eradication noun
eradicative adjective
eradicator noun

See eradicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates

To tear up by the roots.
To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at abolish, eliminate.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English eradicaten

Origin: , from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt-

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

e·radˈi·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adjective

e·radˌi·caˈtion noun

e·radˈi·caˌtive adjective

e·radˈi·caˌtor noun

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