1. past tense and past participle of rid; freed or cleared of something unwanted
Usage: often used with ‘of’

Examples

• She ridded herself of all negative thoughts.
• The exterminator ridded the house of termites.
• He ridded his closet of old clothes.
• The new policy ridded the company of inefficient practices.
• They ridded the garden of weeds last weekend.
• The medicine ridded her body of the infection.