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eradicate

/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
verb
  1. To pull up by the roots; to uproot.

  2. To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

    "Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980."

Synonymsannihilate, exterminate, extirpate, root up, uproot
Antonymsradicate

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