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eradicate

Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/

The English word “eradicate” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To pull up by the roots.
  2. To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
  3. eradicated

Etymology

PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.

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