Eradication (2.3.2009)

Definitions of Eradication on the Web:

• the complete destruction of every trace of something 
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• The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction; The state of being plucked up by the roots
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• eradicate - eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
• eradicate - uproot: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" 
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• eradicate - To pull up by the roots; to uproot; To completely destroy; to put an end to; to extirpate
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• eradicated - eliminated, utterly destroyed; Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon
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• Control of disease by eliminating the pathogen after itis already established.
  library.thinkquest.org/25368/e_glossary.html

• eradicated - A tree torn up by its roots.
  www.digiserve.com/heraldry/pimb_e.htm

• Application of measures to totally eliminate a pest or weed from an area, where the risk of re-infestation is minimal or zero.
  www.hear.org/galapagos/invasives/glossary.htm