| 释义 |
[ ih-rad-i-keyt ] / ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eradicate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing.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. Origin of eradicate1555–65; <Latin ērādīcātus rooted out (past participle of ērādīcāre), equivalent to ē-e-1 + rādīc- (stem of rādīx) root1 + -ātus-ate1 SYNONYMS FOR eradicate1 obliterate, uproot, exterminate, annihilate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR eradicate ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for eradicate1. See abolish. OTHER WORDS FROM eradicatee·rad·i·cant [ih-rad-i-kuhnt], /ɪˈræd ɪ kənt/, adjective, noune·rad·i·ca·tion, noune·rad·i·ca·tive, adjectivee·rad·i·ca·tor, noun non·e·rad·i·ca·tive, adjectiveun·e·rad·i·cat·ed, adjectiveun·e·rad·i·ca·tive, adjective Words nearby eradicateEquuleus, er, era, eradiate, eradicable, eradicate, erase, eraser, erasing head, erasion, Erasistratus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eradicateWe need Obama to follow through on his promise to eradicate it. The West’s Female-Genital Mutilation Wake-Up Call|Charlotte Lytton|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST It might take us centuries to eradicate the sexism that powers the harassment of women on a cultural level. Will the Internet Ever Be Safe for Women?|Samantha Allen|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST First impressions are tough to eradicate—especially in the cutthroat world of Hollywood. Brooklyn Decker on Her ‘Horrible’ Modeling Experiences, Marriage, and Cracking Hollywood|Marlow Stern|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Erdogan had announced the move in a speech on Thursday, vowing to “eradicate Twitter.” Turkey’s Useless Twitter Ban|Thomas Seibert|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We will eradicate Twitter”, he said during a campaign speech on Thursday. Turkey’s Useless Twitter Ban|Thomas Seibert|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST His skin was so sunbaked as to have changed constitutionally; nothing could ever eradicate that tan. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu|Sax Rohmer We'll have to walk home, unless you two want to wait until I can ride back with Eradicate, and come back on my motor cycle. Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout|Victor Appleton But all would be well, if we could eradicate abuses and bring out our strength. Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins|John Esten Cooke He may, indeed, give up his fatal indulgence; but he has planted the seeds of disease in his body, and no art can eradicate them. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade|Charles Reginald Haines If you want to eradicate disease, you must stamp out the conditions that breed it.
British Dictionary definitions for eradicate
verb (tr)to obliterate; stamp out to pull or tear up by the roots Derived forms of eradicateeradicable, adjectiveeradicably, adverberadication, nouneradicative, adjective eradicator, noun Word Origin for eradicateC16: from Latin ērādīcāre to uproot, from ex- 1 + rādīx root Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eradicatewipe out, annihilate, exterminate, expunge, stamp out, abolish, erase, eliminate, uproot, extinguish, weed out, efface, demolish, total, off, abate, liquidate, obliterate, trash, squash |