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- pronunciation:
- ih
rae
d
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 |
adverb + (v.)eradicate
actively, but, completely, effectively, entirely, fully, hopefully, largely, officially, successfully, totally, virtually
(v.)eradicate
+ adverb
altogether, everywhere, forever, permanently, worldwide
(v.)eradicate
+ noun
acre,
alcohol,
bacterium,
barrier,
boll,
cancer,
cat,
coca,
corruption,
crop,
cultivation,
discrimination,
disease,
disorder,
distinction,
drug,
enemy,
evil,
extremism,
flu,
fly,
fruit,
harassment,
homelessness,
hunger,
illiteracy,
infection,
injustice,
insect,
legacy,
malaria,
malnutrition,
marijuana,
means,
measles,
microbe,
mosquito,
mouse,
opium,
organism,
parasite,
pathogen,
pest,
plague,
plant,
polio,
pollution,
poppy,
population,
poverty,
prejudice,
pylorus,
racism,
screwworm,
slavery,
smallpox,
species,
stereotype,
strain,
symptom,
terrorism,
threat,
trace,
tradition,
transmission,
tumor,
twin,
uncertainty,
vaccination,
vaccine,
virus,
weed,
weevil,
wildlife,
worm
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| derivations: |
eradicable (adj.), eradicative (adj.), eradicably (adv.), eradication (n.), eradicator (n.) |
The word eradicate
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
radic, radix
Latin
root
that means root
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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