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- pronunciation:
- ih
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keIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
eradicates, eradicating, eradicated |
| definition 1: |
to completely destroy; annihilate; obliterate.
Imported apples eradicated the local apple industry.- synonyms:
- annihilate, blot out, demolish, destroy, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, wipe out
- similar words:
- abolish, banish, crush, efface, eliminate, end, extinguish, kill, quash, stamp out
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| definition 2: |
to pull up (a plant or the like) with the roots; uproot.
- synonyms:
- deracinate, grub, uproot
- similar words:
- pull up, weed out
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| related words: |
blast, butcher, consume, deface, liquidate, massacre, remove, rub |
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| derivations: |
eradicable (adj.), eradicative (adj.), eradicably (adv.), eradication (n.), eradicator (n.) |
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