Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eradication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eradication \E*rad`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. eradicatio: cf. F.
['e]radication.]
1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out;
extirpation; utter destruction.
2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eradication
n : the complete destruction of every trace of something [syn: {obliteration}]
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