definition of
eradicate

[1] #1 eradicate v. [eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, carry off] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population". wn

[2] #2 eradicate v. [uproot, extirpate, root out, exterminate] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption". wn