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Webster 1913 Edition
Eradicate
E-rad′i-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eradicated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eradicating
.] 1.
To pluck up by the roots; to root up;
as, an oak tree
. eradicated
2.
To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate;
as, to
. eradicate
diseases, or errors
Syn. – To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eradicate
ERAD'ICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pull up the roots, or by the roots. Hence, to destroy anything that grows; to extirpate; to destroy the roots, so that the plant will not be reproduced; as, to eradicate weeds.2.
To destroy thoroughly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate errors, or false principles, or vice or disease.Definition 2024
eradicate
eradicate
English
Verb
eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- (transitive) To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
- Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980
Synonyms
- (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot
- (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
to pull up by the roots
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to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
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External links
- eradicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- eradicate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911