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eradicate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out |
| Type of | kill |
| Verb group | decimate |
Examples of eradicate
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Robinson's creative facility with words was a quality no system could eradicate.
From the independent.co.uk
In 1998 the World Health Organization claimed it was going to eradicate by 2000.
From the newscientist.com
Where did those behaviors fit in and why was I trying so hard to eradicate them?
From the ocregister.com
They eradicate the Congolese people so they can possess the mines and resources.
From the independent.co.uk
As a result he says it will be very difficult and take a long time to eradicate.
From the voanews.com
She accused Longfellow Street LLC and its managers of failing to eradicate them.
From the freep.com
What right has the government to eradicate our traditional wildlife populations?
From the guardian.co.uk
The stricter moral climate had a devastating effect on efforts to eradicate FGM.
From the guardian.co.uk
Which strategies do you think have the most potential to help eradicate poverty?
From the edition.cnn.com
- Eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- Uproot: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
- (eradication) the complete destruction of every trace of something
- To pull up by the roots; to uproot; To completely destroy; to put an end to; to extirpate
- (eradicated) eliminated, utterly destroyed; Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon
- (Eradicated) A tree torn up by its roots.
- (eradicated) A disease no longer occurs within a region or country from any source inside or outside that area. Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide.
- (eradicated) uprooted, as of trees or plants
- (Eradication) the process of removing something permanently.
