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verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
1.
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.
2.
to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent: to eradicate a spot.
3.
to pull up by the roots: to eradicate weeds.
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Eradicate
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Example Sentences
- First, let's understand, cheating will never be eradicated from big-time sports.
- With such control of nature, they predict, these proteins will one day eradicate diseases and greatly extend the human lifespan.
- Bacterial infections are often hard to eradicate because a small percentage of germs are dormant at any one time.
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Word Origin & History
eradicate
mid-16c., from L. eradicat-, pp. stem of eradicare (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating.
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