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eradicate
(redirected from eradicates)

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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.

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

e·radi·ca·ble (-k-bl) adj.
e·radi·cation n.
e·radi·cative adj.
e·radi·cator n.

eradicate
Verb
[-cating, -cated] to destroy or get rid of completely: measures to eradicate racism [Latin e- out + radix root]
eradicable adj
eradication n
eradicator n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.eradicate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
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"
destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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
Translations

eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vterradicar, extirpar
eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vtéliminer
eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vtausrotten
eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] vtsradicare

eradicate
v eradicate [iˈradikeit]
to get rid of completely Smallpox has almost been eradicated.uitroei, ontwortelيَسْتَأصِل، يَجْتَثُّ، يَتَخَلَّص منуниюожавамvymýtitudrydde; afskaffeausrottenεξαλείφωerradicarvälja juurimaریشه کن کردن؛ از بین بردنvoittaa lopullisesti, hävittää perin pohjinsupprimerלְבָעֵרउन्मूलनiskorijeniti, istrijebitikipusztítmembasmiútrÿmasradicare根こそぎにする근절하다išnaikinti, išgyvendintiizskaustbasmiuitroeienutrydde helt, rykke opp med rotawytępić, wykorzenićerradicara era­dicaискоренятьvyhubiťizkoreninitiiskorenitiutrotaกำจัดจนหมดสิ้นyok etmek, kökünü kazımak根除виривати з коренемمکمل طور پر نجات پا لیناthủ tiêu
n eˌradiˈcation
uitroeiing, ontwortelingإسْتِئْصال، إبادَه، إجْتِثاثунищожениеvyhlazeníudryddelse; afskaffelsedie Ausrottungεξάλειψηerradicaciónhävitamineریشه کنی؛ نابودیhävittäminensuppressionבִּיעוּרनाशistrebljenjekiirtáspembasmianútrÿmingsradicamento根絶근절išnaikinimas, išgyvendinimasizskaušanapembasmianuitroeiingutryddingwytępienieerradicaçãoeradicareискоренениеvyhubenieizkoreninjenjeistrebljenjeutrotningการถอนรากเหง้าyok etme, kökünü kazıma根除знищенняخاتمہsự thủ tiêu

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