ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEeradicate
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eradicate
Meaning: to eliminate something completely, especially something undesirable
eradicate in a sentence
How eradicate is used in real sentences:
Public health workers worked for decades to eradicate the disease worldwide.
The city launched an aggressive campaign to eradicate the invasive beetles before they destroyed the orchards.
“Good instructions can reduce these effects, but they do not eradicate bias; traces remain in word choice and speaking time.”
— from the passage Inside the Jury Room
Synonyms for eradicate
Other words for eradicate — eliminate, abolish and extinguish — carry the same meaning.
- eliminate
- abolish
- extinguish
Antonyms of eradicate
Words that mean the opposite of eradicate:
- establish
- create
- preserve
Where it comes from
From Latin eradicare 'to root out', from radix 'root'
Memory hook
E-RADIC-ATE — think 'RADICAL' removal, pulling something out by the root.