Eradicate

1.  verb

Definition:  to put do an end to, destroy; to pull up by the roots

Example: eradicate poverty

Sentence:  Scientists have used vaccines and other medicines to eradicate malaria in some countries.

Notes:  The word eradicate (pronounced err-aah-dih-cate) comes from the Latin radice, or roots.  Eradicate means to take out by the roots, coming right from the Latin.