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Antonyms for eradicate
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ih-rad-i-keyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt |
Definition of eradicate
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare "to root out" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.
- verb destroy; remove
- "Let's eradicate him from the face of the earth, Reddy," proposed David.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Eradicate the uric acid from the system, and then the rheumatism will disappear.
- Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
- They had been bred in my bones, and it was impossible to eradicate them.
- Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton
- The country here is infested by guerillas, whom all our efforts cannot eradicate.
- Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
- Have I realized that, if I cannot eradicate an evil habit, probably no one else can or will?
- Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
- Is it any wonder that wickedness is so difficult to eradicate?
- Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
- There is a suggestion of weakness in your nature which I wish to eradicate.
- Extract from : « The Son of Monte Christo » by Jules Lermina
- When that is in a woman's system, it is almost impossible to eradicate.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- For no one is wont to shun, and eradicate from his soul, what he does not dislike.
- Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
- It often causes more labor to eradicate them than the land is worth on which they are growing.
- Extract from : « Usury » by Calvin Elliott
Synonyms for eradicate
- abate
- abolish
- annihilate
- blot out
- demolish
- deracinate
- do away with
- efface
- eliminate
- erase
- expunge
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- liquidate
- mow down
- obliterate
- off
- purge
- raze
- root out
- rub out
- scratch
- scrub
- shoot down
- squash
- stamp out
- take out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- unroot
- uproot
- wash out
- waste
- weed out
- wipe out
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