Eradicate is from the Latin word eradicare meaning "to root out." When you yank that weed up by the roots, it has been eradicated; it's not coming back.
Basically mean to eliminate.
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots -
Synonyms:
exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot
Type of:
destroy, destruct
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
kill in large numbers -
Synonyms:
annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out
decimate
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
Type of:
kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
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