eradicate
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v 1: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn:
eliminate
,
annihilate
,
extinguish
,
wipe out
,
decimate
,
carry off
]
2: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges
of political democracy were soon uprooted" [syn:
uproot
,
extirpate
,
exterminate
]