eradicate
verbverbattested in dialogue
- United States//əˈræd.əˌkeɪt//
- United States//iˈræd.əˌkeɪt//
- //ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt//
To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
verb
- 1
archaicTo pull up by the roots.
- 2
To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Near-synonyms: delete, erase
Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
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 save it by culminating love and eradicating the captive emotions of the self (Ego).
Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise.
Etymology
PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.
verb
- 1
obsoleteeradicated
Etymology
From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Forms
- past tense
- eradicated
- past participle
- eradicated
- present participle
- eradicating
- third person singular
- eradicates
eradicate · To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
erase · To remove (markings or information).erased · Having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts…ere · A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article.…