eradicate
(verb)
verb
1. kill in large numbers
Similar word(s): annihilate, decimate, eliminate, extinguish
Definition categories: change, kill
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Similar word(s): exterminate, extirpate, uproot
Definition categories: creation, destroy, destruct
Sentences with eradicate as a verb:
- Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980