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Eradicate

//əˈræd.əˌkeɪt//

Definitions

verberadicates · eradicating · eradicated

1
To pull up by the roots.
Similar
root out root up uproot
Opposite
radicate
2
To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Near-synonyms: delete, erase
Similar
annihilate eliminate exterminate
3
eradicated

Word Origin

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 perf...

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