verb · transitive · rare

eradicate

e·rad·i·cate

eradicate · eradicates · eradicated · eradicating

витрачати, тратити, спустошувати

уничтожить, уничтожать, истребить, пресечь на корню

vernichten, auslöschen, ausrotten, ausmerzen

To destroy completelyTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

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US/əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/

» They tried to eradicate my culture.

Sie versuchten, meine Kultur auszulöschen.

Они пытались уничтожить мою культуру.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Near-synonyms: delete, erase
Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
ausrotten, ausmerzen, auslöschen
уничтожа́тьuničtožátʹ, уничто́житьuničtóžitʹ, истребля́тьistrebljátʹ
(archaic, transitive)To pull up by the roots.
mit der Wurzel ausreißen
выкорчёвыватьvykorčóvyvatʹ, вы́корчеватьvýkorčevatʹ, искореня́тьiskorenjátʹ
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
(obsolete, participle)Eradicated

Examples

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They tried to eradicate my culture.
ruОни пытались уничтожить мою культуру.
deSie versuchten, meine Kultur auszulöschen.
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Algeria should eradicate the terrorism scourge.
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Has the avian flu been eradicated?
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Algeria is trying to eradicate corruption.
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Algerian environmental authorities should eradicate illegal dumps.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to pull up by the roots:

to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to pull up by the roots:

to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically:

Origin

From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up u

From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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