Nine Acclaimed Authors You Didn't Know Lived In South Florida. By Arielle Castillo â¢ Mar 20, 2013. ShareTwitter Facebook Google+ Email. South Florida may not exactly have the brainiest reputation -- but those of us in the area's intellectual trenches know that it's not all beach bimbos here.
eradicate definition: The definition of eradicate is to pull something out by the roots. (verb) An example of to eradicate is to take out all the dandelions from a garden....
Given that eradicate first meant to pull up by the roots, it's not surprising that the root of eradicate is, in fact, root. Eradicate, which first turned up in English in the 16th century, comes from eradicatus, the past participle of the Latin verb eradicare.