ERADICATE

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off

(verb) kill in large numbers; “the plague wiped out an entire population”

uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate

(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”; “root out corruption”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot

• (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate

• See also destroy

Antonyms

• radicate

Anagrams

• acierated

Source: Wiktionary


E*rad"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating.] Etym: [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]

1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors. This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment. Southey.

Syn.

– To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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