eradicate

(ĭ-răd'ĭ-kāt')
tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

1. To tear up by the roots.
2. To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. See synonyms at abolish, eliminate.

[Middle English eradicaten, from Latin ērādīcāre, ērādīcāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rādīx, rādīc-, root.]

eradicable e·rad'i·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.
eradication e·rad'i·ca'tion n.
eradicative e·rad'i·ca'tive adj.
eradicator e·rad'i·ca'tor n.

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verb

1. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill¹, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root¹ (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.
2. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eliminate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, keep/release.

v

Definition: destroy; remove
Antonyms: aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant

IN BRIEF: To destroy thoroughly.

What the world has to eradicate is fear and ignorance. — Jan Garrigue Masaryk (1886-1948).

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Extermination of an infectious agent so that no further cases of the related disease can occur.

• virtual e. — reduction of the frequency of occurrence of a disease to an arbitrary level which is considered to be not a threat to the animal population at risk.

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• Violent Actions - eradicate: wipe out

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udrydde, udslette

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitroeien, ontwortelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - éradiquer, faire disparaître, extirper, supprimer, bannir, mettre fin à (une superstition), détruire (des mauvaises herbes)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausrotten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκριζώνω, ξεριζώνω, εξαλείφω

Italiano (Italian)
sterminare, sradicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - erradicar

Русский (Russian)
истреблять, искоренять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exterminar, erradicar, extirpar, arrancar, desarraigar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utrota, rycka upp med roten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
根除, 根绝, 扑灭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 根除, 根絕, 撲滅

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 근절하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 根絶する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبيد, يستأصل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עקר, השמיד, ביער‬

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