Eradicate Definition

ĭ-rădĭ-kāt
eradicated, eradicates, eradicating
verb
eradicated, eradicates, eradicating
To tear out by the roots; uproot.
Webster's New World
To get rid of; wipe out; destroy.
Webster's New World

To pull up by the roots; to uproot.

Wiktionary

To completely destroy; to put an end to; to extirpate.

Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980
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Origin of Eradicate

  • Middle English eradicaten from Latin ērādīcāre ērādīcāt- ē-, ex- ex- rādīx rādīc- root wrād- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin eradicatus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from e- (“out”) + radix (“root”). Also see: radish.

    From Wiktionary

Eradicate Sentence Examples

  • These types of insects are usually very difficult to eradicate.

  • In 1958, with smallpox still killing two million people a year, the World Health Organization pledged to eradicate it.

  • The government has been attempting to eradicate all corrupt activity for years.

  • We have set two dozen traps in an attempt to eradicate the mice from our house.

  • On this account malarial subjects living in the Persian Gulf should take especial care to have an effective course of treatment in order to eradicate the disease as far as possible.

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