eradicative


e·rad·i·cate

E0193800 (ĭ-răd′ĭ-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 Indo-European roots.]
e·rad′i·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.e·rad′i·ca′tion n.e·rad′i·ca′tive adj.e·rad′i·ca′tor n.