late Middle English (in the sense pull up by the roots): from Latin eradicat-torn up by the roots, from the verb eradicare, from e-(variant of ex-) out + radix, radic-root
英英释义网络释义
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1.kill in large numbers;
the plague wiped out an entire population
2.destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted