单词 | eradicate |
释义 | e·rad·i·cate (ĭ-rădĭ-kāt′) tr.v. e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates 1. To tear up by the roots: "They loosened the soil and eradicated the weeds" (James Macauley). 2. To get rid of; eliminate: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at eliminate. [Middle English eradicaten, from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] e·radi·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj. e·rad′i·cation n. e·radi·ca′tive adj. e·radi·ca′tor n. |
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