eradicate
(redirected from eradicators)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical.
e·rad·i·cate
(ĭ-răd′ĭ-kāt′)tr.v. e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·cates
1. To tear up by the roots: "They loosened the soil and eradicated the weeds" (James Macauley).
2. To get rid of; eliminate: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See Synonyms at eliminate.
[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
e·rad′i·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.
e·rad′i·ca′tion n.
e·rad′i·ca′tive adj.
e·rad′i·ca′tor n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
eradicate
(ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt)vb (tr)
1. to obliterate; stamp out
2. to pull or tear up by the roots
[C16: from Latin ērādīcāre to uproot, from ex-1 + rādīx root]
eˈradicable adj
eˈradicably adv
eˌradiˈcation n
eˈradicative adj
eˈradiˌcator n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
e•rad•i•cate
(ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt)v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
1. to remove or destroy utterly: to eradicate smallpox.
2. to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent.
3. to pull up by the roots: to eradicate weeds.
[1555–65; < Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcāre=ē- e- + -rādīcāre, derivative of rādīx root1]
e•rad′i•ca•ble, adj.
e•rad′i•cant (-kənt) adj., n.
e•rad`i•ca′tion, n.
e•rad′i•ca`tive, adj.
e•rad′i•ca`tor, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
eradicate
Past participle: eradicated
Gerund: eradicating
| Imperative |
|---|
| eradicate |
| eradicate |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
| Verb | 1. | eradicate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| 2. | eradicate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
eradicate
verb wipe out, eliminate, remove, destroy, get rid of, abolish, erase, excise, extinguish, stamp out, obliterate, uproot, weed out, annihilate, put paid to, root out, efface, exterminate, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
eradicate
verb1. To destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.
Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.
2. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:
Idioms: do away with, put an end to.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَسْتَأصِل، يَجْتَثُّ، يَتَخَلَّص من
afskaffeudrydde
hävittääjuuriatuhota
kipusztít
útrÿma
išgyvendinimasišgyvendintiišnaikinimasišnaikinti
izskaust
kökünü kazımakyok etmek
eradicate
[ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] VT [+ disease, crime, superstition, injustice] → erradicar; [+ poverty, discrimination] → acabar con, erradicar; [+ weeds] → desarraigar, arrancarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
eradicate
vt → ausrotten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
eradicate
(iˈradikeit) verb to get rid of completely. Smallpox has almost been eradicated.
eˌradiˈcation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
eradicate
vt. erradicar, extirpar; desarraigar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
eradicate
vt erradicarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.