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Meaning of 'eradicate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eradicate [ v. t.]
- To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
- To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

Meaning of 'eradicate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . eradicate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Example in sentence:
  • root out corruption;
  • the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
Meaning (2):
- kill in large numbers
Example in sentence:
  • the plague wiped out an entire population

Nearby Words:

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