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Webster 1913 Edition


Eradicate

E-rad′i-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eradicated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Eradicating
.]
[L.
eradicatus
, p. p. of
eradicare
to eradicate;
e
out +
radix
,
radicis
, root. See
Radical
.]
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.
[L. eradico, from radix, root.]
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)

  1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  2. (transitive) To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
    Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

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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

Italian

Verb

eradicate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of eradicare
  2. second-person plural imperative of eradicare

Participle

eradicate

  1. feminine plural of eradicato

Latin

Verb

ērādīcāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ērādīcō