Synonyms for eradicate
ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪterad·i·cate

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1. eradicateverb

   Synonyms:
   exterminate, extirpate, root up, uproot

2. eradicateverb

   To pull up by the roots; to uproot.

   Synonyms:
   root up, uproot, extirpate, exterminate

3. eradicateverb

   To completely destroy; to put an end to; to extirpate.

   Synonyms:
   uproot, root up, exterminate, extirpate

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1. eradicate

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. eradicate

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, abolish, extinguish, exterminate, excise, uproot, destroy, root out

   Antonyms:
   implant, import, instil, foster, propagate, cherish, encourage

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1. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry offverb

   kill in large numbers

   "the plague wiped out an entire population"

   Synonyms:
   obviate, bear off, eat up, crush out, pull off, rule out, exhaust, annihilate, reject, negociate, take away, eliminate, get rid of, manage, bear away, use up, rid of, bring off, extirpate, decimate, exterminate, press out, kill, eat, obliterate, run through, quench, cancel out, snuff out, pass, wipe out, carry away, do away with, stub out, uproot, blow out, winnow out, excrete, root out, erase, extinguish, sweep away, carry off, consume, egest, deplete

2. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb

   destroy completely, as if down to the roots

   "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, kill off, annihilate, deracinate, eliminate, uproot, decimate, exterminate, root out, wipe out, extinguish, carry off

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1. siphon off

   rich countries are siphoning off wealth of developing countries through money laundering.

   politicians who have ruined our economy should be siphoned off from power and authority

   Submitted by anonymous on May 24, 2020  

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1. eradicateverb

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, uproot, root out, pull up by the roots

2. eradicateverb

   Synonyms:
   destroy, exterminate, annihilate

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1. eradicateverb

   Synonyms:
   extirpate, exterminate

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1. List of paraphrases for "eradicate":

   eliminate, eradication, eradicating, elimination, eliminating, remove, eradicated, delete, uproot, removing, dispose, abolish, suppress

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1. Oliver Rosenbauer:

   What is very clear to everyone is that if things keep going the way they're going, we're not going to eradicate polio in Pakistan, we can keep a lid on it but that's not the aim. The aim is to eradicate it.

2. Faisal Shuaib:

   If we are going to overcome this COVID-19 pandemic, we have to do better job of ensuring better supply of the COVID-19 vaccines, no country will be able to eradicate COVID-19 ... until all countries are able to eradicate it.

3. Lot Chakonza:

   This world shall not be at peace, unless we eradicate jealous first.

4. Charlotte Bronte:

   Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education they grow there, firm as weeds among rocks.

5. Crystal Moten:

   The idea of calling it racial bias lessens the blow, do you want to lessen the blow or do you want to eradicate racism? I want to eradicate racism.