eradicate

• eradicate

eradicate

Verb

kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Synonyms:

• eliminate
• annihilate
• extinguish
• eradicate
• wipe out
• decimate
• carry off

Verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"

Synonyms:

• uproot
• eradicate
• extirpate
• root out
• exterminate