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eradicate
[ih-rad-i-keyt]
verb (used with object)
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate.
to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.
to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent.
to eradicate a spot.
to pull up by the roots.
to eradicate weeds.
eradicate
/ ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt /
verb
to obliterate; stamp out
to pull or tear up by the roots
Other Word Forms
- eradicant adjective
- eradication noun
- eradicative adjective
- eradicator noun
- noneradicative adjective
- uneradicated adjective
- uneradicative adjective
- eradicable adjective
- eradicably adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of eradicate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of eradicate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He is silent for so long, in fact, that I think he is going to eradicate me where I stand, with lightning vision or something terrifyingly cool.
Lou V. Chapin, writing in the Los Angeles magazine Land of Sunshine, looked forward to the day when these “demoniacal specters of the plains” would be eradicated from the earth.
Auschwitz was at the centre of the Nazi campaign to eradicate Europe's Jewish population, and almost one million of those who died at the site were Jews.
Scotland have added new dimensions and layers to their game in recent times, but what has never been eradicated is their soft underbelly.
Padre Tiago has threatened to eradicate American influence and to nationalize the United Fruit Co. plantations.
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