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eradicable

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e⋅rad⋅i⋅ca⋅ble

  [i-rad-i-kuh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being eradicated.
Origin:
1840–50; < LL ērādīcābilis, equiv. to L ērādīc(āre) to eradicate + -ābilis -able

Related forms:
e⋅rad⋅i⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
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e·rad·i·cate   (ĭ-rād'ĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   e·rad·i·cat·ed, e·rad·i·cat·ing, e·rad·i·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; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
e·rad'i·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj., e·rad'i·ca'tion n., e·rad'i·ca'tive adj., e·rad'i·ca'tor n.
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