1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.
ERADICATIVE
E*rad"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. éradicatif.]
Defn: Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
ERADICATIVE
E*rad"i*ca*tive, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.
ERASABLE
E*ras"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being erased.
ERASE
E*rase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased; p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] Etym:
[L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape,
scratch, shave. See Rase.]
1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.