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Eradicate

verb

/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/

Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.verbTo pull up by the roots; to uproot.

2.verbTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

"Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980."

Synonyms

annihilate exterminate extirpate root up uproot wipe out extinguish eliminate carry off decimate obliterate kill

Antonyms

Rhymes With

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate

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