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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-rad-i-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt



Definition of eradicate

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare "to root out" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.
  • verb destroy; remove
Example sentences :
  • "Let's eradicate him from the face of the earth, Reddy," proposed David.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Eradicate the uric acid from the system, and then the rheumatism will disappear.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • They had been bred in my bones, and it was impossible to eradicate them.
  • Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton
  • The country here is infested by guerillas, whom all our efforts cannot eradicate.
  • Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
  • Have I realized that, if I cannot eradicate an evil habit, probably no one else can or will?
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • Is it any wonder that wickedness is so difficult to eradicate?
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
  • There is a suggestion of weakness in your nature which I wish to eradicate.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte Christo » by Jules Lermina
  • When that is in a woman's system, it is almost impossible to eradicate.
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
  • For no one is wont to shun, and eradicate from his soul, what he does not dislike.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
  • It often causes more labor to eradicate them than the land is worth on which they are growing.
  • Extract from : « Usury » by Calvin Elliott

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