'Eradicate' definitions:
Definition of 'eradicate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]
verb
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate]
Definition of 'Eradicate'
From: GCIDE
- Eradicate \E*rad"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating.] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]
- 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors. [1913 Webster]
- This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment. --Southey.
- Syn: To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eradicate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abolish,
- abscind,
- abstract,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- avulse,
- ban,
- bar,
- blot,
- bob,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clip,
- crop,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- deport,
- deracinate,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disentangle,
- dispose of,
- dock,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- exsect,
- exterminate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- extract,
- extricate,
- get out,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- isolate,
- knock off,
- liquidate,
- lop,
- mine,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- outlaw,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- prune,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- purge,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- remove,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- rule out,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- stamp out,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- strip,
- strip off,
- sweep away,
- take off,
- take out,
- tear out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- truncate,
- unearth,
- unravel,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- wipe out,
- withdraw,
- wrest out