eradicate

[E*rad·i*cate]

To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

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To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

Verb
kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"


v. t.
To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

v. t.
To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.


Eradicate

E*rad"i*cate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating .] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.] 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated. 2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment.
Syn. -- To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

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Usage Examples

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime.

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones.

At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

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Other Usage Examples

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from taking up this deadly habit and the resources they provide have helped numerous smokers quit.

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another.

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