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.
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;