Eradicate
Eradicate , transitive verb
[Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]
1.
To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
2.
To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment.