eradicate (redirected from eradicant)

e·rad·i·cate  (-rd-kt)

tr.v. e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates

1. To tear up by the roots.

2. To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at abolish, eliminate.

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[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin rdcre, rdct- : -, ex-, ex- + rdx, rdc-, root; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·radi·ca·ble (-k-bl) adj.

e·radi·cation n.

e·radi·cative adj.

e·radi·cator n.

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt]

vb (tr)

1. to obliterate; stamp out

2. to pull or tear up by the roots

[from Latin ērādīcāre to uproot, from ex-¹ + rādīx root]

eradicable  adj

eradicably  adv

eradication  n

eradicative  adj

eradicator  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	eradicate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" annihilate, decimate, wipe out, eliminate, carry off, extinguish decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - 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, exterminate destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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eradicate

verb 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 tetanus

Translations

eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] VT [+ disease, crime, superstition, injustice] → erradicar; [+ poverty, discrimination] → acabar con, erradicar; [+ weeds] → desarraigar, arrancar

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vt → éliminer

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eradicate

vt → ausrotten

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt] vt → sradicare

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eradicate [ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt] vt → sradicare

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eradicate

v eradicate [iˈradikeit]

to get rid of completely Smallpox has almost been eradicated. uitroei, ontwortel يَسْتَأصِل، يَجْتَثُّ، يَتَخَلَّص من униюожавам vymýtit udrydde; afskaffe ausrotten εξαλείφω erradicar välja juurima ریشه کن کردن؛ از بین بردن hävittää supprimer לְבָעֵר उन्मूलन iskorijeniti, istrijebiti kipusztít membasmi útrÿma sradicare 根こそぎにする 박멸하다 išnaikinti, išgyvendinti izskaust basmi uitroeien utrydde helt, rykke opp med rota wytępić, wykorzenić erradicar a era­dica искоренять vyhubiť izkoreniniti iskoreniti utrota กำจัดจนหมดสิ้น yok etmek, kökünü kazımak 根除 виривати з коренем مکمل طور پر نجات پا لینا thủ tiêu 根除

n eˌradiˈcation

uitroeiing, ontworteling إسْتِئْصال، إبادَه، إجْتِثاث унищожение vyhlazení udryddelse; afskaffelse die Ausrottung εξάλειψη erradicación hävitamine ریشه کنی؛ نابودی hävitys suppression בִּיעוּר नाश istrebljenje kiirtás pembasmian útrÿming sradicamento 根絶 박멸 išnaikinimas, išgyvendinimas izskaušana pembasmian uitroeiing utrydding wytępienie erradicação eradicare искоренение vyhubenie izkoreninjenje istrebljenje utrotning การถอนรากเหง้า yok etme, kökünü kazıma 根除 знищення خاتمہ sự thủ tiêu 根除