eradicate
Meaning
Verb
- To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
Related
Similar words
- : root up, uproot
- : annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
Opposite words
Origin
- Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō, from ē- + rādīx. Also see: radish.
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