ERADICATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does eradicate mean?
• ERADICATE (verb)
The verb ERADICATE has 2 senses:
1. kill in large numbers
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Familiarity information: ERADICATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ERADICATE (verb)
Meaning:
Kill in large numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
annihilate; eradicate; wipe out; decimate; eliminate; carry off; extinguish
Context example:
the plague wiped out an entire population
Hypernyms (to "eradicate" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
extirpate; eradicate; exterminate; root out; uproot
Context examples:
the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted / root out corruption
Hypernyms (to "eradicate" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
