eradicate
verb [ T ] formal uk/ɪˈræd.ɪ.keɪt/ us/ɪˈræd.ɪ.keɪt/
C2 根除;消灭;杜绝
to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad
The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption. 政府声称正尽其所能根治腐败。
The disease that once claimed millions of lives has now been eradicated. 这种曾夺去数百万人生命的疾病现在已被根除了。