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  • 71eradicate — [ē rad′i kāt΄, irad′ə kāt΄] vt. eradicated, eradicating [ME eradicaten < L eradicatus, pp. of eradicare, to root out < e , out + radix (gen. radicis), ROOT1] 1. to tear out by the roots; uproot 2. to get rid of; wipe out; destroy SYN.… …

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  • 72uproot — [up ro͞ot′] vt. 1. to tear up by the roots 2. to destroy or remove utterly; eradicate 3. to remove or force from home or native land …

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  • 73deracinate — v.tr. literary 1 tear up by the roots. 2 obliterate, expunge. Derivatives: deracination n. Etymology: F deacuteraciner (as DE , racine f. LL radicina dimin. of radix root) …

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  • 74eradicate — v.tr. root out; destroy completely; get rid of. Derivatives: eradicable adj. eradication n. eradicator n. Etymology: ME f. L eradicare tear up by the roots (as E , radix icis root) …

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  • 75de|rac|i|nate — «dih RAS uh nayt», transitive verb, nat|ed, nat|ing. 1. to tear up by the roots; uproot; eradicate; exterminate: » Figurative. Neither arms, nor victories [were] able to deracinate or root out this doctrine ( …

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  • 76Kalevala (synopses) — The Kalevala is considered the national epic of Finland. It was compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot while he was a district health officer in (then under the governance of Russia) eastern Finland. The poem consists of 50 runos or cantos and… …

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  • 77BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 78Chicano Moratorium — The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a movement of Chicano anti war activists that built a broad based coalition of Mexican American groups to organize opposition to the Vietnam War. Led by… …

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  • 79Ideology of Hezbollah — The ideology of Hezbollah has been summarized as Shi i radicalism. [Barak, Oren. Hizballah. The Continuum Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East . Ed. Avraham Sela. New York: Continuum, 2002. p. 350.] [Rosenthal, Donna. The Israelis: Ordinary… …

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  • 80Vorkosigan Saga — The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.[1] Most of these were published between 1986 and 2002, with the exceptions being “Winterfair… …

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