eradicate Copy link Outline 1. ēvello, i, vulsum, 32. exstirpo, 13. v. TO ABOLISH, and supr.4. ērādo, si, sum, 3 (lit. to scrape out)5. rĕvello, 3 (rare in this sense) • eradicate: Fig., to root out, extirpate: 1. ēvello, i, vulsum, 3: to e. from the mind so strong and deeplyseated a belief, e. ex animo tantam opinionem, tam penitus insitam, Cic. Clu. 1, 4: utterly to e. vices, mala radicitus e., Lucr. 3, 311. 2. exstirpo, 1: Join: exstirpare et funditus tollere (vitia), Cic. Fat. 5, 11. 3. tollo, 3. v. to abolish, and supr. 4. ērādo, si, sum, 3 (lit. to scrape out): to e. the very principles of vicious desire, elementa pravae cupidinis e., Hor.: Sen. 5. rĕvello, 3 (rare in this sense): to e. old prejudices (lit. to pluck out old grandmothers), veteres avias de pulmone revellere, Pers. 5, 92. (Not eradico in this sense: v. Lat. Dict. s. v.)