Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (archaic, transitive)To pull up by the roots.

    mit der Wurzel ausreißen

    выкорчёвыватьvykorčóvyvatʹ, вы́корчеватьvýkorčevatʹ, искореня́тьiskorenjátʹ

    destroy completely, as if down to the roots

  3. (obsolete, participle)Eradicated

Examples

42 sentences
  1. They tried to eradicate my culture.

    ruОни пытались уничтожить мою культуру.

    deSie versuchten, meine Kultur auszulöschen.

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  2. Algeria should eradicate the terrorism scourge.

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  3. Has the avian flu been eradicated?

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  4. Algeria is trying to eradicate corruption.

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  5. 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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Forms

eradicates, eradicating, eradicated, eradicated
Base formeradicate · to eradicate
3rd person singulareradicates
Present participleeradicating
Past simpleeradicated
Past participleeradicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeradicate
he, she, iteradicates

Past simpleLesson

all personseradicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave eradicated
he, she, ithas eradicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill eradicate

Synonyms

59 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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