eradicate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/

Verb

eradicate (eradicates, present participle eradicating; past and past participle eradicated)

1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
2. (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

   Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

Synonyms

• (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot
• (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Antonyms

• radicate

Related terms

• eradicable
• eradication
• eradicative
• radical
• root

Translations

• German: mit der Wurzel ausreißen
• Portuguese: erradicar, desenraizar
• Russian: выкорчёвывать
• Spanish: erradicar, descuajar

Translations

• French: éradiquer
• German: ausrotten, ausmerzen, auslöschen, vernichten
• Portuguese: erradicar, exterminar
• Russian: уничтожа́ть
• Spanish: exterminar

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