eradicate

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12
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13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
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/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/ · /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/ (US) · /iˈræd.əˌkeɪt/ (US)

Definition of eradicate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To pull up by the roots.
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verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To pull up by the roots.
  2. (transitive)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.”
    “She put a banner for the One Campaign, an effort to eradicate poverty in the third world led by U2's singer Bono, on her LJ […]”
  3. (obsolete, participle)eradicated

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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.

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