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. Paula Radcliffe:

   We want to eradicate doping from our sport but we can never put any innocent athlete through what I had to go through this summer, ms Radcliffe should never have been forced to come out and defend herself against such insinuations.

2. Rodney Bordeaux:

   It was a government model... basically, eradicate the Indian in you and replace it with a White man way of thinking.

3. Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz:

   Our resolve to eradicate the menace of terrorism is getting stronger and stronger with the loss of innocent lives and sacrifices of army and law enforcement officials, this fight is an irreversible process until this terrorism is rooted out from country.

4. Lopez Obrador:

   We are going to eradicate that which not only causes material damages, it is not only what the nation loses by this illegal trade, this black market of fuel, but the risk, the danger, the loss of human lives.

5. White House:

   The President has done nothing wrong and to suggest otherwise is an attempt to deliberately mislead -- which is exactly what Adam Schiff shamelessly tried to do, while we don't discuss internal deliberations, The President has been clear The President wants other countries to eradicate corruption, and that The President wants our international partners to start doing their fair share.