eradicated
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English
Definitions
verb
- To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.“Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.”
adjective
- Eliminated, utterly destroyed
- Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon.
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Synonyms
annihilateexterminateextirpateroot upuprooteliminateextirpatedextinctvanquisheddefeateddisappearedterminateddestroyeddiscontinuedgoneremovedovercomelifted