eradication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eradication	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for eradication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eradication n the complete destruction of every trace of something [syn: eradication, obliteration]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eradication \Erad`ica"tion\, n. [L. eradicatio: cf. F. [82]radication.] 1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction. 2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.