eradicate meaning and definition

ERADICATE verb

Definition of eradicate (verb)

1. kill in large numbers
   • "the plague wiped out an entire population"
   • synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
   • "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
   • synonyms: exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot