[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That eradicates, extirpates, etc.
1628. Layton, Syons Plea (ed. 2), Ep. Ded. Consultation … can do no good without reall and in some things eradicating Reformation.
1667. Waterhouse, Fire Lond., 4. Greater and more eradicating judgements.
1775. in Ash.
1879. T. H. S. Escott, England, II. 498. The convict taint has outlived the eradicating influences of education.
