eradicate
i ra duh kayt
- v kill in large numbers
- v destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- Hoarding by traders is a big embarrassment for the Government, given its resolve to eradicate poverty within the next 12 months.
- The public called for waste incinerators to be built to eradicate the trash.
- An East African village came together to eradicate from the roots a communicable disease.