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Eradicate

/ɪˈrædəˌkeɪt/
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(verb) To pull up by the roots.

We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.
We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The government launched a massive campaign to ____ polio from the entire country.

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