Antonyms for eradicating
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ih-rad-i-keyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt |
Definition of eradicating
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare "to root out" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.
- verb destroy; remove
- This was one of the evils which Garrick had the glory of eradicating.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 » by Various
- What authorities have not failed in eradicating so barbarous a custom!
- Extract from : « Fenelon's Treatise on the Education of Daughters » by Franois Fnelon
- It would be very desirable to discover some means of eradicating the Bog-moss.
- Extract from : « Lachesis Lapponica » by Carl von Linn
- The best way of eradicating error is to publish and practice truth.
- Extract from : « Thoughts for the Quiet Hour » by Various
- Let us exert our best faculties for the purpose of eradicating such evils.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
- I wish merely to indicate what, so far as I can see at present, may become a very simple means of eradicating malaria.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899 » by Various
- And being a primitive emotion, we can hardly hope to succeed in eradicating it entirely.
- Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
- We hoped to purify the Mormon church, eradicating evils that had annexed themselves to it in later years.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn
- And if the decision be in favour of eradicating the disease, it is essential to firmly face and grapple with the problem.
- Extract from : « The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt » by James W. Barrett
- But for the English we probably would not have known the means of eradicating malaria; the death rate would have been great.
- Extract from : « The United Seas » by Robert W. Rogers
Synonyms for eradicating
- 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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