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ERADICATE

Definition:

[verb] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, carry off
[verb] destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
Synonyms: uproot, extirpate, exterminate