eradicate
verb (used with object)
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate.
has eradicated
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present perfectof eradicate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They claim the UK has eradicated the beetle from at risk areas in the east and south east.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
The U.S. has eradicated only one human infectious disease, which is smallpox, and that was done through vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Broadly speaking, the detectives are discovering that water wants the return of its slow phases—wetlands, floodplains, grasslands, forests and meadows—that human development has eradicated.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 21, 2022
So far, humanity has eradicated just one human pathogen: smallpox.
From Nature ● Sep. 29, 2019
Arbitrary power has now introduced the whip of slavery, and mechanic subordination has eradicated those noble and rational incitements to concord and honour.
From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 by Thomas Holcroft
