eradicable

[ ih-rad-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being eradicated.

Other Words From

• e·radi·ca·bly adverb
• none·radi·ca·ble adjective
• une·radi·ca·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of eradicable¹

1840–50; < Late Latin ērādīcābilis, equivalent to Latin ērādīc ( āre ) to eradicate + -ābilis -able

Example Sentences

He loved, and the transient doubt which had saddened his thoughts could not struggle against a thought which was now eradicable.

From Project Gutenberg

Disease had been communicated several years before, of a kind which was much more communicable then, than it was eradicable now.

From Project Gutenberg