Synonyms for eradicating


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-rad-i-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt

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Définition of eradicating

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare "to root out" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.
  • verb destroy; remove
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for eradicating

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