Eradicate Meaning
/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo pull up by the roots.
verbTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Sentence Examples
We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.
We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The government launched a campaign to ____ poverty in rural areas within five years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government launched a massive campaign to ____ polio from the entire country.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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)."
— 1986 April 26, Tony Marcus Antuan Haywood, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
"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."
— 1989 September 20, Janet Maslin, “Review/Film; Sutherland Catches On To Apartheid Slowly”, in The New York Times:
"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 […]"
— 2007, Anastasia Goodstein, Totally Wired:
"The germinal matrix in this area is then eradicated either by surgical or chemical matrixectomy using phenol or NaOH."
— 2016, Roba Khundkar, Silva Samantha De, Rajat Chowdury, Consent in Surgery: A Practical Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 89:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The government launched a campaign to ____ poverty in rural areas within five years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government launched a massive campaign to ____ polio from the entire country.