eradicate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”). Also see: radish.

verb

  1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  2. (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
    Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

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