eradicate
1.
(
verb
) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
Synonyms:
exterminate
,
extirpate
,
uproot
Related Words:
destroy
2.
(
verb
) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
Synonyms:
annihilate
,
carry off
,
decimate
,
eliminate
,
extinguish
,
wipe out
Related Words:
kill
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