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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the complete destruction of every trace of something;
[syn: eradication, obliteration]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.
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