different between eradicated vs eradicate

English

Adjective

eradicated (not comparable)

1. eliminated, utterly destroyed
2. (heraldry) Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon.

Verb

eradicated

1. simple past tense and past participle of eradicate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?r?d?c?tus, past participle of ?r?d?c? (“uproot”), from ?- (“out”) + r?d?x (“root”). Also see: radish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???æd.?.ke?t/

Verb

eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)

1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
2. (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

   Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

Synonyms

• (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot
• (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Antonyms

• radicate

Related terms

• eradicable
• eradication
• eradicative
• radical
• root

Translations

Further reading

• eradicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• eradicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• acierated

Italian

Verb

eradicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of eradicare
2. second-person plural imperative of eradicare

Participle

eradicate

1. feminine plural of eradicato

Latin

Verb

?r?d?c?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?r?d?c?