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Learn to pronounce e·rad·i·cate

/əˈradəˌkāt/
verb
destroy completely; put an end to.
"this disease has been eradicated from the world"
synonyms: get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove, suppress, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, extirpate, obliterate, kill, wipe out, liquidate, decimate, finish off, abolish, stamp out, extinguish, quash, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, erase, efface, excise, expunge, root out, uproot, weed out, zap, deracinate

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Definition of ERADICATE (verb): get rid of something bad completely.
Past participle: eradicated
Present participle: eradicating
eradicate something Diphtheria has been virtually eradicated in the United States. · eradicate something from something We are determined to eradicate racism ...
Present simple I / you / we / they eradicate: /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/ /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/
Past participle eradicated: /ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd/ /ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd/
He / she / it eradicates: /ɪˈrædɪkeɪts/ /ɪˈrædɪkeɪts/
eradicate ; eradicatee‧rad‧i‧cate ; STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto completely get rid of something such as a disease or a social problem ...
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate. Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980. SynonymsEdit. (to ...