'Eradication' definitions:
Definition of 'eradication'
From: WordNet
noun
The complete destruction of every trace of something [syn: eradication, obliteration]
Definition of 'Eradication'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being plucked up by the roots. [1913 Webster]