Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 90:16

ורבנן ההוא לכנות לה שם דתניא ר"א אומר מנין לעוקר עבודת כוכבים שצריך לשרש אחריה ת"ל ואבדתם את שמם

And the Rabbis [how do they explain that verse]? That the idol must be renamed; for it has been taught: R. Eliezer says: From where do we known is it that when one destroys an idol he must eradicate every trace of it? Scripture says, “And you shall destroy their name.

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