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Definition of Eradicate in English :

Eradicate

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Verb

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

kill in large numbers

Example Sentences:
'the plague wiped out an entire population'

2. eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example Sentences:
'the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted'
'root out corruption'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eradicate

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verb (transitive)

1.

to obliterate; stamp out

2.

to pull or tear up by the roots

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Eradicate

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verb transitiveWord forms: eˈradiˌcated or eˈradiˌcating

1.

to tear out by the roots; uproot

2.

to get rid of; wipe out; destroy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eradicate

see synonyms of eradicate

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

1. To tear up by the roots: "They loosened the soil and eradicated the weeds" (James Macauley).

2. To get rid of; eliminate: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at eliminate.

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