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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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