eradicate

UK /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/ US /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/

verb 3

Definitions

verb

To pull up by the roots.

To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

Near-synonyms: delete, erase

Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

verb

eradicated

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

completely, entirely, totally

successfully

VERB + ERADICATE

try to

help (to)

be difficult to, be impossible to

It is impossible to eradicate poverty without investing in education and healthcare.

PREP

from

Scientists have worked hard to eradicate malaria from many African countries over the past decade.

PHRASES

an attempt/effort to eradicate sth

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — kill in large numbers

verb — destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: delete, erase

Wiktionary

Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

Wiktionary

I would like to know if there are any true moralists who would like to correspond with someone who just instinctively feels there's something wrong somewhere in this unbenevolent world and wants to sa

Wiktionary

We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.

Tatoeba · #22877

We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.

Tatoeba · #322286

No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust, nor can I answer in the time that I have all the complex questions that brought us to this point.

Tatoeba · #376871

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, eradicate is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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