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Word Meanings - ERADICATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

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  • ABOLITIONIST
    A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
  • EXTIRPATION
    The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
  • ABOLITION
    The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc. Note: The application of
  • DESTRUCTIONIST
    One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley. (more info) 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy
  • EXTERMINATION
    Elimination. (more info) 1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
  • DESTRUCTION
    1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. Esth. ix. 5. 'Tis safer to be that
  • ABOLITIONIZE
    To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.
  • ERADICATION
    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.
  • ABOLITIONISM
    The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
  • SELF-DESTRUCTION
    The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.

 

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