eradicate

Verb
  1. Kill in large numbers (synset 200471632)
    "the plague wiped out an entire population"
    is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
    same as: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out
    verb group: decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
  2. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots (synset 201666012)
    "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
    is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
    same as: exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot

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