e·rad·i·cate 
(ĭ-rădĭ-kāt′)
(ĭ-rădĭ-kāt′)tr.v. e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates
1. To tear up by the roots: "They loosened the soil and eradicated the weeds" (James Macauley).
2. To get rid of; eliminate: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at eliminate.
[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
e·radi·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.
e·rad′i·cation n.
e·radi·ca′tive adj.
e·radi·ca′tor n.
- publicize
- public key
- public key cryptography
- public law
- public library
- publicly
- publicness
- public offering
- public policy
- public prosecutor
- public relations
- public sale
- public school
- public sector
- public servant
- public service
- public-service
- public-service corporation
- public speaker
- public speaking
- public-spirited
- public-spiritedness
- public television
- public utility
- public works