ERADICATIVE

Etymology

Adjective

eradicative (not comparable)

Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

Noun

eradicative (plural eradicatives)

(rare) That which eradicates.

Synonyms

• annihilative

Source: Wiktionary


E*rad"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. éradicatif.]

Definition: Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

E*rad"i*ca*tive, n. (Med.)

Definition: A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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