eradicate
Meaning of eradicate
- destroy completely; put an end to.
this disease has been eradicated from the world
late Middle English (in the sense ‘pull up by the roots’): from Latin eradicat- ‘torn up by the roots’, from the verb eradicare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + radix, radic- ‘root’.
Information about eradicate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of eradicate is: eradicates.
- Languages in which eradicate is used:
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Hyphenation of eradicate
erad-i-cate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- eradicate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
eradicate synonyms
Meaning eliminate:
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, decimate
Meaning uproot:
uproot, extirpate, exterminate
Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:
Meaning forcibly put an end to:
Meaning defeat (someone) utterly:
Meaning destroy utterly; wipe out:
Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
Meaning kill (someone), typically by violent means:
Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):
Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:
Meaning remove all traces of; destroy or obliterate:
Meaning cause (a memory or emotion) to disappear completely:
Meaning charge excise on (goods):
Meaning obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant):
Meaning destroy or obliterate:
Meaning uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment:
Translation of eradicate
- German: vernichten, ausrotten, ausmerzen, vertilgen, dezimieren, eliminieren, auslöschen
- Spanish: erradicar, exterminar, aniquilar, eliminar, extinguir, diezmar
- Portuguese: erradicar
- French: éradiquer
- Italian: eradicare, annientare, decimare, distruggere, sterminare
Anagrams of eradicate
Words that rhyme with eradicate
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