eradicable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- eradicably adverb
- noneradicable adjective
- uneradicable adjective
Etymology
Origin of eradicable
1840–50; < Late Latin ērādīcābilis, equivalent to Latin ērādīc ( āre ) to eradicate + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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The International Task Force for Disease Eradication currently has eight diseases identified as potentially eradicable.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2022
But he still believes the absurdity is eradicable.
From Time Magazine Archive
He still has an in eradicable touch of Texas backlands about him.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they are inculcable, so they are eradicable; and it is only by a loose terminology that we apply the term characteristics to them without distinction between them and the inherent traits.
From The Negro Problem by Fortune, Timothy Thomas
These shores had been washed with a redder stain in years gone by: these people were forever stamped with the eradicable scar of suffering borne by generations dead.
From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee
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