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Webster 1913 Edition
Eradication
E-radˊi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[L.
eradicatio
: cf. F. éradication
.] 1.
The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
2.
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eradication
ERADICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The state of being plucked up by the roots.