eradicate
v[Tn]
destroy (sth) completely; put an end to (sth) 根除, 消灭(某事物); 结束(某事物)
Smallpox has almost been eradicated. 天花几乎已消灭.
attempts to eradicate crime 力图根除罪恶的行动.
I really enjoy it, but I'm tired of so much reading.
我可喜欢学啦!但要读的东西太多,我很烦。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.