eradicate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eradicate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for eradicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eradicate v kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" Synonym(s): eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" Synonym(s): uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eradicate \Erad"icate\, 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. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated. 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.