eradicate
Meanings
Verb
- kill in large numbers
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- To pull up by the roots.
- To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
- eradicated
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*wréh₂ds
From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.
Synonyms
aerosolize, annihilate, atomize, benothing, bewreck, blot out, blotto, carry off, dash, decimate, decompose, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fuck, harry, jazz, lay waste, level, liquidate, nuke, obliterate, pull down, pulverize, race, ravage, raze, remove, root out, root up, ruin, stamp out, total, unbreed, unexist, unmake, uproot, waste, wipe off, wipe out, wreck
Scrabble Score: 12
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