Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - eradicate
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Eradicate
eradicate
transitive verb (-cated; -cating) Etymology: Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare, from e- + radic-, radix root — more at root Date: 1532 1. to pull up by the roots 2. to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots programs to ~ illiteracy Synonyms: see exterminate • eradicable adjective • eradication noun • eradicator noun
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v.tr. root out; destroy completely; get rid of. Derivatives eradicable adj. eradication n. eradicator n. Etymology: ME f. L eradicare tear up by the roots (as E-, radix -icis root) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. вырывать с корнем 2. истреблять; искоренять to eradicate illiteracy —- ликвидировать неграмотность to eradicate yellow fever —- уничтожить желтую лихорадку 3. с-х. выпалывать с корнем (сорные травы) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(eradicates, eradicating, eradicated) To eradicate something means to get rid of it completely. (FORMAL) They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus... If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be much better place. = eliminate VERB: V n, V n • eradication He is seen as having made a significant contribution towards the eradication of corruption. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v to completely get rid of something such as a disease or a social problem + from (Smallpox has now been eradicated from the world.) - eradication n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- early 15c., from L. eradicatus, pp. of eradicare "root out," from ex- "out" radix (gen. radicis) "root." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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