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Webster 1913 Edition
Eradicate
E-rad′i-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eradicated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eradicating
.] 1.
To pluck up by the roots; to root up;
as, an oak tree
. eradicated
2.
To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate;
as, to
. eradicate
diseases, or errors
Syn. – To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eradicate
ERAD'ICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pull up the roots, or by the roots. Hence, to destroy anything that grows; to extirpate; to destroy the roots, so that the plant will not be reproduced; as, to eradicate weeds.2.
To destroy thoroughly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate errors, or false principles, or vice or disease.