In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ERADICATE
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
(verb) kill in large numbers; “the plague wiped out an entire population”
uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”; “root out corruption”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)
(transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
Synonyms
• (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot
• (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
• See also destroy
Antonyms
• radicate
Anagrams
• acierated
Source: Wiktionary
E*rad"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating.] Etym: [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]
1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors. This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment. Southey.
Syn.
– To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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