eradicate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”). Also see: radish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
- Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot
- (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to pull up by the roots
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to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Further reading[edit]
- eradicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eradicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
eradicate
- inflection of eradicare:
Participle[edit]
eradicate
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
ērādīcāte
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