eradicating

Meaning of eradicating

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. 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 eradicating

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of eradicating

erad-i-cat-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 letters.
  • eradicating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

eradicating synonyms

Meaning completely remove or get rid of (something):

eliminate

Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:

remove

Meaning forcibly put an end to:

suppress

Meaning destroy completely:

exterminate

Meaning defeat (someone) utterly:

destroy

Meaning destroy utterly; obliterate:

annihilate

Meaning eradicate or destroy completely:

extirpate

Meaning destroy utterly; wipe out:

obliterate

Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):

kill

Meaning kill (someone), typically by violent means:

liquidate

Meaning kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of:

decimate

Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):

abolish

Meaning put an end to; destroy:

extinguish

Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:

quash

Meaning remove all traces of; destroy or obliterate:

erase

Meaning cause (a memory or emotion) to disappear completely:

efface

Meaning charge excise on (goods):

excise

Meaning obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant):

expunge

Meaning remove or destroy completely; eradicate:

uproot

Meaning destroy or obliterate:

zap

Meaning uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment:

deracinate

Words that rhyme with eradicating

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