different between exterminate vs eradicate

English

Etymology

From Latin extermin?tus, perfect passive participle of extermin?, itself from ex- + termin? (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/

Verb

exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)

1. (transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.

   The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

Synonyms

• (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot
• (to bring an end to): stamp out
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Derived terms

Related terms

• terminate
• termination
• terminator

Translations

Latin

Verb

extermin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of extermin?

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?