eradicate

1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots.Synonyms: root out, root up, uprootAntonyms: radicatetransitive

2. (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.Examples: "Near-synonyms: delete, erase"; "Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980."; "I would like to know if there are any true moralists who would like to correspond with someone who just instinctively feels there's something wrong somewhere in this unbenevolent world and wants to save it by culminating love and eradicating the captive emotions of the self (Ego)."Synonyms: annihilate, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate, destroy, annihilate, aerosolize, atomizeAntonyms: encourage, foster, introduce, protect, radicatetransitive