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eradicate

/əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/verb4 syllables

Eradicate means: kill in large numbers.

Synonyms for eradicate15

verb, as in kill in large numbers

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

verb, as in destroy completely, as if down to the roots

uproot, extirpate, root out, exterminate

also used for eradicate

destroy, aerosolize, atomize, benothing, bewreck

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What does eradicate mean?2

verb

1

kill in large numbers“the plague wiped out an entire population”

2

destroy completely, as if down to the roots“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Eradicate in a sentence

  • We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.Dejo
  • We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.jakov
  • The government has made joint efforts to eradicate illiteracy.honestlang
  • I have made it my life's mission to eradicate procrastination.mailohilohi
  • I have made it my life's mission to eradicate malaria.mailohilohi
  • A concerted effort is required to eradicate malaria in the country.mailohilohi
  • The way to reduce crime is to eradicate poverty.mailohilohi
  • We must do everything possible to eradicate the violence.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of eradicate

as a verb

past tense
eradicated
present participle
eradicating
third-person singular
eradicates
past participle
eradicated