Definition
awoke
/əˈwoʊk/
uh-wohk
stop sleeping; wake from sleep.
e·rad·i·cate
/əˈradəˌkāt/
verb: eradicate
3rd person present: eradicates
past tense: eradicated
past participle: eradicated
gerund or present participle: eradicating
destroy completely; put an end to.
Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘pull up by the roots’): from Latin eradicat- ‘torn up by the roots’, from the verb eradicare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + radix, radic- ‘root’.