Verb: eradicate i'ra-du,keyt
- Remove, destroy or wipe out completely
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon eradicated";
- uproot, extirpate [formal], root out, eliminate
Derived forms: eradicated, eradicates, eradicating
Type of: destroy, destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]
Encyclopedia: Eradicate