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eradicate
e·rad·i·cate E0193800 (ĭ-răd′ĭ-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 Indo-European roots.]
e·rad′i·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.e·rad′i·ca′tion n.e·rad′i·ca′tive adj.e·rad′i·ca′tor n.eradicate (ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to obliterate; stamp out2. to pull or tear up by the roots[C16: from Latin ērādīcāre to uproot, from ex-1 + rādīx root] eˈradicable adj eˈradicably adv eˌradiˈcation n eˈradicative adj eˈradiˌcator ne•rad•i•cate (ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt)
v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 1. to remove or destroy utterly: to eradicate smallpox. 2. to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent. 3. to pull up by the roots: to eradicate weeds. [1555–65; < Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcāre=ē- e- + -rādīcāre, derivative of rādīx root1] e•rad′i•ca•ble, adj. e•rad′i•cant (-kənt) adj., n. e•rad`i•ca′tion, n. e•rad′i•ca`tive, adj. e•rad′i•ca`tor, n. eradicate
Past participle: eradicated
Gerund: eradicating
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| eradicate | | eradicate |
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| I eradicate | | you eradicate | | he/she/it eradicates | | we eradicate | | you eradicate | | they eradicate |
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| I eradicated | | you eradicated | | he/she/it eradicated | | we eradicated | | you eradicated | | they eradicated |
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| I am eradicating | | you are eradicating | | he/she/it is eradicating | | we are eradicating | | you are eradicating | | they are eradicating |
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| I have eradicated | | you have eradicated | | he/she/it has eradicated | | we have eradicated | | you have eradicated | | they have eradicated |
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| I was eradicating | | you were eradicating | | he/she/it was eradicating | | we were eradicating | | you were eradicating | | they were eradicating |
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| I had eradicated | | you had eradicated | | he/she/it had eradicated | | we had eradicated | | you had eradicated | | they had eradicated |
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| I will eradicate | | you will eradicate | | he/she/it will eradicate | | we will eradicate | | you will eradicate | | they will eradicate |
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| I will have eradicated | | you will have eradicated | | he/she/it will have eradicated | | we will have eradicated | | you will have eradicated | | they will have eradicated |
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| I will be eradicating | | you will be eradicating | | he/she/it will be eradicating | | we will be eradicating | | you will be eradicating | | they will be eradicating |
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| I have been eradicating | | you have been eradicating | | he/she/it has been eradicating | | we have been eradicating | | you have been eradicating | | they have been eradicating |
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| I will have been eradicating | | you will have been eradicating | | he/she/it will have been eradicating | | we will have been eradicating | | you will have been eradicating | | they will have been eradicating |
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| I had been eradicating | | you had been eradicating | | he/she/it had been eradicating | | we had been eradicating | | you had been eradicating | | they had been eradicating |
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| I would eradicate | | you would eradicate | | he/she/it would eradicate | | we would eradicate | | you would eradicate | | they would eradicate |
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| I would have eradicated | | you would have eradicated | | he/she/it would have eradicated | | we would have eradicated | | you would have eradicated | | they would have eradicated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | eradicate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"annihilate, decimate, wipe out, eliminate, carry off, extinguishdecimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armieskill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | | 2. | eradicate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"extirpate, root out, uproot, exterminatedestroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" |
eradicateverb wipe out, eliminate, remove, destroy, get rid of, abolish, erase, excise, extinguish, stamp out, obliterate, uproot, weed out, annihilate, put paid to, root out, efface, exterminate, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanuseradicateverb1. To destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.2. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:eliminate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, put an end to.Translationseradicate (iˈradikeit) verb to get rid of completely. Smallpox has almost been eradicated. 根除 根除eˌradiˈcation noun 根除 根除EncyclopediaSeeDestructionEradicate
EradicateTo completely do away with something, eliminate it, end its existence.Mentioned in: Smallpoxeradicate
Synonyms for eradicateverb wipe outSynonyms- wipe out
- eliminate
- remove
- destroy
- get rid of
- abolish
- erase
- excise
- extinguish
- stamp out
- obliterate
- uproot
- weed out
- annihilate
- put paid to
- root out
- efface
- exterminate
- expunge
- extirpate
- wipe from the face of the earth
Synonyms for eradicateverb to destroy all traces ofSynonyms- abolish
- annihilate
- blot out
- clear
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- kill
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- root
- rub out
- snuff out
- stamp out
- uproot
- wipe out
verb to get rid of, especially by banishment or executionSynonyms- eliminate
- liquidate
- purge
- remove
- wipe out
Synonyms for eradicateverb kill in large numbersSynonyms- annihilate
- decimate
- wipe out
- eliminate
- carry off
- extinguish
Related Wordsverb destroy completely, as if down to the rootsSynonyms- extirpate
- root out
- uproot
- exterminate
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