different between irradicate vs eradicate
irradicate
English
Etymology
in- +? radicate
Verb
irradicate (third-person singular simple present irradicates, present participle irradicating, simple past and past participle irradicated)
- to root deeply
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with eradicate.
irradicate From the web:
- what eradicated the spanish flu
- what eradicate means
- what eradicated polio
- what eradicated smallpox
- what eradicated diseases are coming back
- what eradicate slavery
- what eradicated the black plague
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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)
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- (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
- second-person plural present indicative of eradicare
- second-person plural imperative of eradicare
Participle
eradicate
- feminine plural of eradicato
Latin
Verb
?r?d?c?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?r?d?c?
eradicate From the web:
- what eradicated the spanish flu
- what eradicate means
- what eradicated polio
- what eradicated smallpox
- what eradicated diseases are coming back
- what eradicate slavery
- what eradicated the black plague
- what eradicate bed bugs
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