eradicate

English

WOTD – 18 July 2007

Etymology

From Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”). Also see: radish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
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Verb

eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)

  1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  2. (transitive) To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
    Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

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Translations

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Further reading

  • eradicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • eradicate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

eradicate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of eradicare
  2. second-person plural imperative of eradicare

Participle

eradicate

  1. feminine plural of eradicato

Latin

Verb

ērādīcāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ērādīcō
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