eradicated, ppl. a.
(ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Rooted out.
| 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry i. viii. 118 Assailing him with Firre-Trees eradicated. 1775 in Ash. |
b. Her. (See quot. 1864.)
| 1708 J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. x. (1743) 429 A large square plate of silver enamelled azure into an oak-tree eradicated and fructed. 1809 J. Home in Naval Chron. XXIV. 193 On oak tree vert, eradicated proper. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xi. 70 [Trees] if having their roots exposed [are] eradicated. |