eradicate
ih-RAD-ih-kaytverbMeaning to wipe out completely, as if pulling up by the roots
Memory hook E-RADISH-ATE: out by the ROOTS. Grandpa Gus does not just snip the weed; he yanks it out by the roots like a radish so it can never grow back. He wants to eradicate it.
The town worked for years to eradicate the weeds choking the pond.
In context Health workers set out to eradicate the disease entirely, vaccinating children in every village until not a single new case was reported.
Similar wipe out, erase, eliminate, root out
Opposite plant, establish, foster
From Latin eradicare, “to pull out by the roots”: e- (out) + radix (root). Radish comes from radix too.