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eradicate
verb
kill in large numbers
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ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt
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verb
kill in large numbers
“the plague wiped out an entire population”
verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”
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the plague wiped out an entire population
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
root out corruption
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