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. Carole Baggerly:

   Nearly 40 percent to 75 percent of the world's population is vitamin D deficient, the deficiency and disease that follow do not need to exist. GrassrootsHealth was founded to eradicate the vitamin D deficiency epidemic.

2. Former NYPD Lieutenant Darrin Porcher:

   We need to eradicate these riotsand stop them, when we look at what ishappening in Portland, Seattle,and Chicago,Democratic leaders have donenothing and doing nothing hassubsequently led to thiscriminal behavior festeringsubsequently creating morepeople that are hurt as aresult.

3. Elizabeth Kennedy:

   What he does when he's done with a relationship is he tries to eradicate the person completely from his life.

4. Bradley Blakeman:

   Eventually we hope to totally eradicate veteran homelessness.

5. Alvaro Jimenez:

   This is a historic decision that will eradicate a big threat facing farmers and communities in rural areas and change their daily reality, for demining operations to be completed by 2025, there needs to be an increase in the number of civilians and members of the armed forces involved in demining.