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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eradicate /ɪˈradɪkeɪt/

▶verb remove or destroy completely.

– derivatives
eradicable adjective,
eradicant noun,
eradication noun,
eradicator noun.

– origin ME: from L. eradicat-, eradicare ‘tear up by the roots’.

'eradicate' also found in these Oxford entries:

cancer - designer baby - exterminate - extirpate - uproot

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